[ExI] "This American Life" on global credit crisis

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Mon Oct 13 21:45:23 UTC 2008


At 02:29 PM 10/13/2008 -0700, PJ wrote:

>The second podcast, "Another Frightening Show About the Economy",
>http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=365
>is the most eyeopening, on credit default swaps -- something, btw,
>most analyses I've seen never even touch on.  This is scarier than the
>worst slasher movie ever.  Talk about losing sleep over the endless
>greed and stupidity of people...

Oh, PJ, don't you understand anything? Lee has patiently explained 
that it's all due to the government bowing and scraping to the poor, 
forcing their will upon those luckless "very careful
(and very self-interested)" finance people you so unkindly dub greedy 
and stupid.

Damien Broderick 




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