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Like pretty much everyone else, I've been closely following the economic developments of the last couple of weeks. I've been reading, watching and listening to anything I possibly can in order to get the latest and most comprehensive information about what's happening. Somewhat surprisingly, it's making me really think through my basic thoughts on systems of life and how cultures and societies function. I'm trying not to think about it too much, because I have another more pressing matter on which to spend my mental energy, but I may blog a little bit about it after I take the LSAT on Saturday.

In the meantime, I wanted to link to an episode of This American Life that I first heard several months ago. I know many people have heard this before the past couple of weeks, and it's been even more widely circulated since Lehman Bros. went under. But, I thought I would link to it anyway in case anyone was interested and hasn't yet heard it. In this program they explain the situation involving the collapse of the housing market and the rest of Wall Street (to the extent it was already happening when the show was produced last spring) in a way that's tailored towards the everyday, non-financial genius person. If you are watching the news and know what's happening but are at a loss as to why or how, this would definitely be a helpful thing to listen to.

You can either stream the episode for free or download it for less than a buck. If the link above doesn't work, here's the URL:

http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=355

posted by becka @ 9:35 PM