http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/838366.html More of an editorial, but here's a Businessweek writer: http://www.businessweek.com/investing/insi...ie_mae_and.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/20...9/usa.mortgages http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/opinion/...tml?ref=opinion Opinion Piece yes, but Paul Krugman just recently won a Nobel in Economics. I know that means nothing to you since that devil man Al Gore won one too. Last week 60 minutes had a piece on Credit Default Swaps & their effect on the subprime mess. For 100 years this practice was outlawed until the lame duck Congress unanimously passed it in 2000. I can't find a transcript or full video, but here's a short segment about it. http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/197/credit_default_swaps