Here’s and iteresting video brought to you by Reason TV. It’s about the stock crash that Japan suffered in the late 80’s and how the current US economy mirrors that event, down to it’s reaction.

A lot of businesses have been getting bailout money.  One organization that won’t need any would be the Ayn Rand Institute.  Apparently the financial crisis has led to a spike in the sales of Ayn Rand’s tome Atlas Shrugged.  Be sure to pick up your copy today.

Right.org has a slew of videos about the recent bailouts.  The site is of course opposed to the bailouts.  They are accepting submissions of anti-bailout videos for a $27,599 prize.  You can also calculate your share of the government bailout.

The Cato Institute recently released a text of a speech by Jeffrey Miron entitled “In Defense of Doing Nothing“ about the recent government bailouts.  Miron is a fellow at the Cato Institute and a professor of economics at Harvard University.  In his speech he makes the case that the bailout are the wrong course for solving the current economic problems and that the government caused more problems that greed run amok.  He makes several good points and challenges the idea that the bailout is a no-brainer.  It is a worthy read for anybody, whether you agree with the conclusions or not.  The article is linked above.

My favorite explanation of the current economic crisis.