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Offline karajorma

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The Sub-Prime Credit Crunch - Explained
on: January 24, 2008, 09:41:35 am
I've sent this to a few people over the last couple of months when it cropped up in conversations with people online so I figured I might as well post this for everyone here who might be interested.

Satirists John Bird and John Fortune explain what caused the problem.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_qK4g6ntM
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Re: The Sub-Prime Credit Crunch - Explained
Reply #1 on: January 24, 2008, 10:37:37 am
 :lol: Now that explains it brilliantly.
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Re: The Sub-Prime Credit Crunch - Explained
Reply #2 on: January 24, 2008, 11:38:25 am
The problem with those two is that it's almost impossible to explain to someone who hasn't seen them in action how two men talking about investment banking can be hilarious. :D
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Re: The Sub-Prime Credit Crunch - Explained
Reply #3 on: January 24, 2008, 11:50:53 am
I saw this a few months ago. Excellent stuff. :lol:
 

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Reply #4 on: January 24, 2008, 12:44:06 pm
leave it to the britts to make something that should be totally boring into something somewhat entertaining.
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Reply #5 on: January 24, 2008, 01:57:45 pm
Bremner, Bird and Fortune. Classic telly.
 

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Reply #6 on: January 24, 2008, 07:06:06 pm
Who thought economics could be so entertaining? :)
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Re: The Sub-Prime Credit Crunch - Explained
Reply #7 on: January 24, 2008, 10:36:49 pm
Good stuff. The only thing that would have made it better would be the inclusion of John Cleese.
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