Echoes of a the Great Depression (NYT video)

How does the current financial crisis compare to the Great Depression, and has the government learned the lessons of the 1930s? Watch this (brief) video commentary from Floyd Norris and Louis Uchitelle via The New York Times. And as long as you are watching videos,...

GTNews: Credit Crisis Spotlight

Timely articles at GTNews: Europe's Response to the Market MeltdownSanjima DeZoysa, Editor, gtnewsIn Europe, it's every country for itself as the continent reacts to the credit crunch. Depositor guarantees and state intervention are the key talking points...

Global Repercussions of the Credit Crisis (The Economist)

This week The Economist has a sobering article on the global impact of the credit crisis that contains pragmatic recommendations for government cooperation (easier said than done).By some measures, many European banks look more vulnerable than their American...