October 27th, 2008 by Russell Davies
Nothing flashy here. No clever sound business or comedy voices. Just interesting explanatory radio - telling you why the dollar arrived as top currency, and why its reign might be over. Good old Analysis. MP3 here.
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October 27th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Brilliant. I listened twice so I’d understand. I think I’ve learnt more about finance since the beginning of this crunch than in the previous 45 years. Why had I never heard of ‘the Nixon shock’?
Also really enjoyed contrasting this with the American way of explaining the crunch: two awesome episodes of This American Life in particular: The Giant Pool of Money (about the sub-prime mortgage thing) and Another Frightening Show About the Economy (about Credit Default Swaps). You can click to listen to the shows on each page.
December 18th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Thank you for a wonderful resource. This is incredibly helpful in understanding what is happening in the economy.