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Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: The Crisis of Credit Visualized

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Feb 24, 2009 10:00PM

Tonight, President Obama will address the nation in what is essentially a State of the Union speech. Sure to take centerstage is the economy. Of course, there are many out there (including us) who still have issues grasping some of the more complex parts of the current recession/depression/economic clusterf*ck. This nifty video, however, definitely helps explain the current credit crisis, however, and might be a good primer going into the President's speech tonight.


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.