What caused the credit crisis of 9/08? Check out these links for some background.

Subprime_for_dummies: explanation of subprime crisis

The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class: Distinguished law scholar Elizabeth Warren teaches contract law, bankruptcy, and commercial law at Harvard Law School. She is an outspoken critic of America's credit economy, which she has linked to the continuing rise in bankruptcy among the middle-class. [6/2007]

National Debt Clock

Naomi Klein website: Klein is an award-winning journalist, author and film-maker. Her latest book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, tells the story of how America's free market policies have come to dominate the world.