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COLLAPSE OF MONEY AND BANKING circa 2007

  1. Credit crisis of 2007
  2. Facts and the financial crisis / September 20, 2009 / Editorial / Facts and the Financial Crisis / an editorial from the NY Times
  3. Credit Default Swaps explained
  4. Credit Derivatives
  5. Derivatives are dangerous
  6. Economy is still at the brink
  7. Goldman Sachs -- by Matt Taibbi -- a woderful article
  8. Home ownership is the backbone of this country
  9. How to solve our problems
  10. Robert Reich says we are sliding into a recession
  11. Twenty-two articles -- mostly reviewing the collapse -- from March and April 2010 a.pdf
  12. Pay garnishments rise as debtors fall behind. -- 4/1/2010
  13. The ecstacy of fiscal policy - 4/2/2010 - by David Brooks -- In the NY Times
    David Brooks wants you to wear a hair shirt.
  14. Financial Reform 101 - 4/2/2010 - Paul Krugman - In the NY Times
  15. Fraud on Wall Street / By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog / 30 March 2010
  16. The Fed is in hot water -- By Robert Reich - Robert Reich's blog - - 4/1/2010 - The Fed has finally came clean. It now admits it bailed out Bear Stearn's  taking on tens of billions of dollars of the bank's bad loans  in order to smooth Bear Stearn's takeover by JPMorgan Chase.
  17. Lehman channeled risks through fake firm - April 12, 2010 / By LOUISE STORY and ERIC DASH / NY Times
  18. Not like the old Pecora commission -- It Was Supposed To Be Another Pecora Commission: What Went Wrong? / By Danny Schechter / April 8, 2010
  19. Why So Glum? Numbers Point to a Recovery / April 8, 2010
  20. The whistle-blower they ignored / Remember his name, "Armando Falcon", / 4/15/2010
  21. Fannie and Freddie -- a first step
  22. Live chat - Robert Scheer on the Financial Crisis -- 4/16/2010 / from truthdig
  23. SEC accuses Goldman Sachs of civil fraud --- Associated Press story -- 4/17/2010
    23 A --New York Times version of the SEC / Goldman Sachs story -- 4/18/2010 -- see story on previous line
    23-B -- The NY Times presents the views of others on the SEC charges against Goldman Sachs
    23-C << http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/what-goldmans-conduct-reveals/ >>
    23-D --The Times says -- watch this case
  24. A short common-sense textbook is needed on Money and Banking -- 4/18/2010
  25. March 15, 2010 / Books of The Times / Investors Who Foresaw the Meltdown / By MICHIKO KAKUTANI / "THE BIG SHORT"
  26. Bernanke says Reserves can be eliminated -- We have news for Mr. Bernanke -- Reserves were eliminated long ago. (4/19/2010)
  27. Obama's Speech on Overhauling Financial Regulation / 4/22/2010