economics

Math: Still Dirty

12.17.2009

Honestly, it’s kind of unbelievable, well not unbelievable … shocking, well not shocking, really … disappointing – it’s really disappointing that Krugman needs to publish a brief history of our financial times just to make sure everyone really knows what happens.

…It’s a universe in which regulators coerced bankers into making loans to unqualified borrowers, even though only one of the top 25 subprime lenders was subject to the regulations in question.

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Bad Banks

03.23.2009

I almost started crying in Staples today, listening to This American Life’s “Bad Bank” podcast. Maybe I’ve absorbed too much of this ecenomics stuff. Or, more likely, I’ve finally absorbed enough. Enough to really, truly get it. [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

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