Comments on: A Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/ The blog of the free, simple personal finance solution. Track all your spending automatically, find the best deals, save more money. And save the world. Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jon Engleman http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-51125 Jon Engleman Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:49:52 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-51125 It will probably take a generation to flush out this current debt. We should get another nice up cycle when my kids hit college in 6 years. This will coincide with Obama's last year in office. We should plan on having no debt and great credit to participate in the boom! It will probably take a generation to flush out this current debt. We should get another nice up cycle when my kids hit college in 6 years. This will coincide with Obama’s last year in office. We should plan on having no debt and great credit to participate in the boom!

]]> By: Artemis Eneldo http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-46075 Artemis Eneldo Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:12:39 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-46075 http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=did_liberals_cause_the_subprime_crisis Did Liberals Cause the Sub-Prime Crisis? [short answer is "No!"] Conservatives blame the housing crisis on a 1977 [CRA] law that helps-low income people get mortgages. It's a useful story for them, but it ISN'T TRUE. Robert Gordon | April 7, 2008 | http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=did_liberals_cause_the_subprime_crisis

Did Liberals Cause the Sub-Prime Crisis? [short answer is "No!"]

Conservatives blame the housing crisis on a 1977 [CRA] law that helps-low income people get mortgages.

It’s a useful story for them, but it ISN’T TRUE.

Robert Gordon | April 7, 2008 |

]]> By: Candry Johnson http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-45414 Candry Johnson Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:11:41 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-45414 Nice article and diagram also. Nice article and diagram also.

]]> By: napoleon http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-44101 napoleon Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:50:28 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-44101 it was a real good article, thank you it was a real good article, thank you

]]> By: R http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-43929 R Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:01:00 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-43929 Yes, one one can agree that fraud was a significant part of the problem. It was also greed. But, the short-sighted view that the homeowner caused this financial meltdown is untenable. The offerings made by financial professionals in the business of selling products to consumers should always be sold with a win-win mind set as a matter of public trust and decency. Consumers, who arrive with varying degrees of financial sophistication, should be able to have faith that these mysterious financial products they are buying are going to work for them. Legal, probably. But was it ethical? One can make the case that the perception of prosperity and the unbridled faith in markets caused many with the clout to overlook institutional indiscretions to pretend nothing was happening or be called out as pessimistic if not unpatriotic. Yes, one one can agree that fraud was a significant part of the problem. It was also greed. But, the short-sighted view that the homeowner caused this financial meltdown is untenable.

The offerings made by financial professionals in the business of selling products to consumers should always be sold with a win-win mind set as a matter of public trust and decency. Consumers, who arrive with varying degrees of financial sophistication, should be able to have faith that these mysterious financial products they are buying are going to work for them. Legal, probably. But was it ethical?

One can make the case that the perception of prosperity and the unbridled faith in markets caused many with the clout to overlook institutional indiscretions to pretend nothing was happening or be called out as pessimistic if not unpatriotic.

]]> By: Vladimir http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-42422 Vladimir Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:59:16 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-42422 Investing is not like gambling. It doesn't need to be. If I invest the bank's money in our store to expand, that is not a gamble. It would be if we do not have a clue how to expand and if there is a market for it. But research, in stead of formulas, can solve that gap between a gamble and a risk. Investing is not like gambling.
It doesn’t need to be.
If I invest the bank’s money in our store to expand, that is not a gamble.
It would be if we do not have a clue how to expand and if there is a market for it.
But research, in stead of formulas, can solve that gap between a gamble and a risk.

]]> By: Ana in Dallas http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-41770 Ana in Dallas Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:34:34 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-41770 Great use of graphics, love them! Great post btw. Great use of graphics, love them! Great post btw.

]]> By: soon420 http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-41136 soon420 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:08:07 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-41136 wow dude wow dude

]]> By: SouthWind52 http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-40946 SouthWind52 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:46:38 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-40946 It is clear from the responses to my original post that many people share this confidence, probably because we have all read similar popular science books about artificial intelligence, large networks, and so on. , It is clear from the responses to my original post that many people share this confidence, probably because we have all read similar popular science books about artificial intelligence, large networks, and so on. ,

]]> By: Paula Miller http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-3/#comment-38132 Paula Miller Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:58:01 +0000 http://blog.mint.com/blog/?p=693#comment-38132 why not blame our x president bush? was this war really necessary? why not blame our x president bush? was this war really necessary?

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