Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis is, perhaps, the best video yet to explain the current economic crisis and offers details about the political players involved, including presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama and several of the folks most responsible for the crisis. UPDATE 9/29/08: It appears the video that is [...]
‘Burning Down the House’ Explains Economic Crisis
September 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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