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2008/10/6-9 [Finance/Investment] UID:51392 Activity:nil
10/5    This American Life has a great (and extremely scary) podcast on
        the commercial paper market, credit default swaps, and the current
        financial armageddon.  Worth an hour of your time...
        http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=365
        \_ one important mistake early in the program:
           the host says no one wants to buy MBS/CDO.  This is not correct.
           the banks don't want to sell them at market prices, because then
           they wouldn't have assets to mark to model with.  so, the govt
           gives them free money and everyone's golden.
           \_ Most of the program was about CDS, not MBS.  This is an
              important distinction.
              \_ true.  but he can't fuck up the MBS/CDO intro.
        \_ also, if you have iTunes go look up Bloomberg on the Economy
           podcast, the one with Nouriel Roubini last week.  It's even better
           IMO.
           \_ Is that the NYU economist who thinks we're all headed for
              the Stone Age next year?  That guy is really depressing.  I
              hope he's not right.
              \_ Stone Age?  He said in the show that he's long equities and
                 does not believe in timing the market.  Go listen.  What have
                 you learned about trading stocks if not:  Don't get emotional.
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www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=365
Host Ira Glass goes to Union Square, a 15-minute subway ride from Wall Street, where it doesn't look like we're on the edge of an economic abyss. Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson recount the 36-hour period, two weeks ago, when the credit markets froze. Plus, what it's like now for businesses to get short-term loans, and how the hardship is spreading to every sector of the economy. One more confusing financial product that's bringing down the global economy. And one of way to think about this product is this: If bad mortgages got the financial system sick, this next thing you're about to hear about, helped spread the sickness into an epidemic. Ira talks with Michael Greenberger, a former commodities regulator, who tells the story of when it was decided not to regulate credit default swaps. And how that decision was emblematic of the way we didn't regulate a lot of the toxic financial products we're hearing about now. Ira and Adam answer the question: Was the $700 billion bailout bill signed into law today a good idea or a bad one?