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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 comment more on this article.

Wall Street Lays Another Egg: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

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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 listing freeware alternatives would be also great.

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. 


 

FT.com / Video & Audio / Interactive graphics - Are European banks too big to fail?

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

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