The Planet Money podcast points to a ProPublica piece, longer and more detailed, on the shenanigans the CDO rats were up to on the sinking ship of the economy. Rich's piece mentions an article in the New Yorker by Janet Mayer on the billionaire Birchers funding the Tea Party as "useful idiots." I hope to read both of these expanded articles in the next couple of days.
8/29/10
Two Things on the Internet Today for a Well Rounded Picture of What's Going on Now
Last night I listened to the Friday Planet Money Podcast "Wall Street Trickery Inflated The Bubble." Then this morning, Frank Rich in the N Y TImes had a piece called "The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party."
The Planet Money podcast points to a ProPublica piece, longer and more detailed, on the shenanigans the CDO rats were up to on the sinking ship of the economy. Rich's piece mentions an article in the New Yorker by Janet Mayer on the billionaire Birchers funding the Tea Party as "useful idiots." I hope to read both of these expanded articles in the next couple of days.
The Planet Money podcast points to a ProPublica piece, longer and more detailed, on the shenanigans the CDO rats were up to on the sinking ship of the economy. Rich's piece mentions an article in the New Yorker by Janet Mayer on the billionaire Birchers funding the Tea Party as "useful idiots." I hope to read both of these expanded articles in the next couple of days.
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