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  VIDEO: Derivatives Are Sort Of Like A Pre-Ordered Turkey

  The business and financial news are full of something called "derivatives." But, okay, what is that? You're not the only one who's wondering. That's why Paddy Hirsch from the public radio program Marketplace put together a whiteboard, some stick figures, and a bunch of metaphorical turkeys to explain it all to us. More »

  1:00 PM on Sun Oct 25 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  4,029 views, 25 comments

  Most discussed MooseOfReason: Alan Greenspan was on the Daily Show about two years ago, and admitted that because we have a Federal Reserve, more »

• marketplace

  VIDEO: What Happened To All Of Those Toxic Assets?

  Hey, remember the TARP program? If banks are now paying back TARP funds, then what happened to those toxic assets? Are they sitting in a canyon in Wyoming for the next 10,000 years? Not exactly. More »

  6:44 PM on Tue Jul 14 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  8,660 views, 28 comments

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