Does the economic crisis confuse you?
October 9th, 2008, 5:24 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Aaron
It confuses me, but I’ve learned a lot about from two podcasts produced by National Public Radio.
Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, teamed up with some smart money guys from NPR to break down the financial crisis. You can listen to the podcasts by clicking on the links below or download them to your mp3 players if you are tech savvy like that.
A special program about the housing crisis produced in a special collaboration with NPR News. We explain it all to you. What does the housing crisis have to do with the turmoil on Wall Street? Why did banks make half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income? And why is everyone talking so much about the 1930s? It all comes back to the Giant Pool of Money.
Another Frightening Show About the Economy
Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Adam Davidson—the two guys who reported our Giant Pool of Money episode—are back, in collaboration with the Planet Money podcast. They’ll explain what happened this week, including what regulators could’ve done to prevent this financial crisis from happening in the first place.
I also subscribe to the Planet Money podcast, linked above, and listen to it on my drive home from work.
If any of you have found good guides or easy ways to understand what is happening with our money, or maybe what is not happening, let me know. I’ll share.
Aaron Aupperlee | city editor
