This American Life
What can you learn from a balance sheet?
Bank balance sheets.
To the average person they are complicated, and frankly, pretty boring. But understanding bank balance sheets is extremely helpful when trying to make sense of the financial crisis.
Once again, This American Life teamed up with NPR's crew from Planet Money to do a very nice job of explaining the collapse of the banking system — in just under 40 minutes.
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The Giant Pool of Money
Confused about the housing crisis, the falling dollar, the credit crunch or the securities problem "that nearly brought down the global financial system?"
Last week, This American Life took it all on in "The Giant Pool of Money." In one hour, This American Life breaks down the most complex financial problem in recent U.S. history, and does it better than anyone I've come across.
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