This is by far the most comprehensive article that I read about the Financial Crisis. It’s long but it’s worth reading. It’s the first author (that I read so far)  that looks at this crisis with a historical perspective. Therefore we learn that crisis is the corollary of finance. I will probably come back to […]

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Last week end I experienced a hard disk crash. And now I must re-install my PC. During this process I came across OSalt.com. This site present shortly the main commercial software and their open source alternatives. It’s a good way to discover Open Source software. The same kind of site […]

The following interactive graphics on FT.com gives an interesting view of the weight of Bank/Finance in main European countries. This page highlights some special situation. For instance in Iceland, the total 2007 asset of the main Bank (Kaupthing) is equal to 623 % of the GDP of the country. 

 
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Mint.com the personal finance service published an amazing visual map that summarize the financial crisis:

Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Recession, Budget Crisis, What It Means to Your Financial Planning | Personal Finance Blog, Online Money Management, Budget Planner and Financial Planning - Mint.com via kwout

This page offer answers (via cartoons) to an absurd question :
How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to kill you?

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