See Hank. See Hank bail out the nation’s banks.
Bail, Hank, bail!
All joking aside, I’d like to point out that I’ve begun compiling A Subprime Primer, which collects links to my own best (?) posts on the subprime-housing collapse and the subsequent credit crunch, along with links to the best (!) articles and posts I’ve read elsewhere on these subjects.
As an experiment, I’ve set this up on its own static page rather than in a normal post. Feel free to take a look at what’s there and then comment here on any other articles you’d recommend. Particularly useful, I think, are items that capture key elements or developments in this financial circus in a way that helps readers get up to speed quickly.
Thanks for your input!
- Visit A Subprime Primer.
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You’ve inspired me.
I will in fact write the primer you teased us with.
Something nice and monosyllabic.
I like a challenge. Will send you a link when it’s done.
I liked economist Tyler Cowen’s “Three Trends and a Trainwreck” for its broad view:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/business/19view.html
And I also liked economist and former Freddie Mac guy Arnold Kling’s “Fantasy Testimony” to Congress:
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/10/my_fantasy_test.html
I haven’t yet finished the Independent Institute’s longer, more detailed look at the housing bubble and mortgage crisis, “Anatomy of a Train Wreck,” but so far, so good:
http://www.independent.org/publications/policy_reports/detail.asp?type=full&id=30
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