fun fact: i did not like santosh the first time i met him. he was quite the gunner in our intro biology classes at college, what, with the militant reading ahead by 10 chapters and his take-no-prisoners approach to pre-med classes. PLUS, when i officially met him he was, shall we say, under the influence - hi sketchy!!!
in light of lehman bros peace-ing out and all this economy stuff going on for the past year and a half, sometimes it's hard to keep up with what exactly is going on. i can't pretend i really get the full picture, but this episode of "this american life" which aired back in may does a great job of breaking all the connections down.
EPISODE 355 - THE GIANT POOL OF MONEY
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=355
forgive me if you've already posted this, tosh. you post too much so i can't keep up with what's new and old!