Don't know much about economy...

Hey everybody. If you're like me, you probably get that glossy look in your eyes when people start talking about the current financial situation.  And I was an econ minor (although my education seemed to be largely relearning the same facts I learned in intro courses, except doing some calculus. Sweet.)

Anyway, here are some resources for you!

Paddy Hirsch's Marketplace Whiteboard series explains it all.  But their listed with the most recent ones at the top, so you'll want to start at the bottom, since the concepts often build on each other.

Also, Timothy Carney at Culture 11 posts a regular column, Heckonomics, (as in, what-the-heck-o-nomics) which will have you understanding things in no time.

Michael Lewis, in "The End of Wall Street's Boom," gives you a behind-the-scenes account of the housing bubble.

Happy reading.