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ApeTheDog
17 Mar 2009, 08:42 AM
In an 11 minute animation you'll get a high-altitude overview of what happened and caused the world economy to collapse. It's a nice way to expand your framework of understanding.

http://crisisofcredit.com/
Hustler
17 Mar 2009, 08:50 AM
Why must you copy me?
ApeTheDog
17 Mar 2009, 08:51 AM
apparantly hustler already linked to it in another post, so this one should get deletemerged.
ApeTheDog
17 Mar 2009, 08:52 AM
Why must you copy me?

Your awesome finds are just too awesome to be contained in one thread, even if it is a HUSTLER-thread.
Hustler
17 Mar 2009, 08:55 AM
Your awesome finds are just too awesome to be contained in one thread, even if it is a HUSTLER-thread.

I can live with that answer.
10_percent_ninja
24 Mar 2009, 07:36 AM
That was indeed awesome. Like the dude with the Electric-6 Furby, and the guys who made Portal, I expect it's creator will shortly find lucrative work.
Ptah
24 Mar 2009, 01:37 PM
Very nice.
Oso Mocoso
24 Mar 2009, 08:48 PM
In an 11 minute animation you'll get a high-altitude overview of what happened and caused the world economy to collapse. It's a nice way to expand your framework of understanding.

http://crisisofcredit.com/

Pretty good, but like you pointed out - extremely high level. These explain some more of the details.

The Formula that Killed Wall Street
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant?currentPage=all

Risk Management - What Led to the Financial Meltdown
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04risk-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1