Read These Now

In: Commentary Finance Reference US Economy

27 Mar 2009

socialism-rich It’s been a slow week graphic-wise, but I came across two fantastic articles on the crisis –  can’t recommend them enough:

Matt Taibbi (Hunter S Thompson successor):
The Big Takeover

Simon Johnson (former IMF Chief Economist): 
The Quiet Coup

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