lanchester on financial collapse, 25 min, very good

Hey, Ted, what happens when we mess with the

TU-144 crash I saw as a kid

John Lanchester on the British side of the Great Financial Collapse

$278 million satellite goes sploosh

The Crisis of Credit Visualized is an animated short that explains the economic crisis by giving it form. It is also an argument for how designers have the ability to see a complex situation, then turn around and communicate it to others.

Investors sometimes say that recessions help to reveal flaws in business models. This one has exposed deep cracks in the state of California.

One in five Los Angeles County residents -- nearly 2.2 million people -- are receiving public assistance payments or benefits

The kept women of fallen bankers and their sufferings.

some of the people who, to varying degrees, saw the housing bust and credit crisis coming

Andrew Lahde, the hedge-fund manager who quit after posting an 870 percent gain last year, said farewell to clients in a letter that thanks stupid traders for making him rich and ends with a plea to legalize marijuana.

So while it is true that we live in a society that demands risky choices, it is one in which the powerful do the choosing, while others do the risking.

tumblr is ideal for some things

The memo title says it all: Zippy Cheats and Tricks.

EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROWS DESIGNED FOR USE BY CHILDREN is my favorite setaside in the bailout bill.

Economists working at the United States Department of Treasury and top Wall Street banks announced the historic discovery of a very large subprime number, the biggest yet seen.

So yeah there was a dead person in the car when they towed it after the crash. Yeah.

How not to enter a security gate

Identify these aircraft, they can't. Including a nice gallery of Plane Wrecks of the North

lots of crash pictures. yay

SUV vs. mall