Wow – really well thought out and researched!

The financial meltdown is something I still can’t quite get my head all the way around, and one of my majors was Finance – it’s like a huge spiderweb that someone disassembled and no one’s exactly sure what strands went where (or at least no one claims to)

A couple of things come to mind:

Jon Stewart’s interview with Jim Cramer – he calls Cramer out for being an insider, and artificially boosting investor confidence by presenting an ersatz version of market realities while having a true grasp on actual market realities… the media played a big part in the financial meltdown, as I’m sure you have concluded – I’m guessing you saw it, but if not, you can find it at comedycentral.com

Also, Paul Krugman comes to mind – I read a recent article wherein he lays out his evidence for placing the blame for this financial collapse on Reagan and his administration, for their approach of heavy market deregulation

I like Krugman, and I like Obama, but Obama, rather than listening to the expertise of economists like Krugman, seems to be dead set on convincing Krugman that Geithner’s approach is the correct one … not that economics is an exact science, but there has to be more than just ONE way to fix the mess that’s been left behind

Krugman also has a really good “letter to Obama” in Rolling Stone (January issue, I think), about his advice on fixing things

Again, nice job and well-done explanation – it brought back flashbacks of our AP Econ course at Skyline!

I’m looking forward to Michael Moore’s upcoming movie, and I hope it gives your book some good exposure

Good luck with the book, and I’ll look forward to reading it

- Jon Crowell