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The Core Dump

The Core Dump is the personal blog of Nic Lindh, a Swedish-American pixel-pusher living in Phoenix, Arizona.

    By Nic Lindh on Thursday, May 15, 2008 in politics · 1 min read

    The Great Pool of Money

    You should listen to this fantastic podcast which explains the origins of the credit crisis.

    The brilliant This American Life program “The Great Pool of Money” is required listening for anybody looking to understand the credit crisis that grew out of the subprime mortgage meltdown.

    This is why we have NPR.

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