The Financial Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?

[letsdance55]

At this point i would suggest that all citizens of the USA invest all thier money in canned food, a water supply, a wood stove and wood supply and shot gun shells.

[CALICOTV301]

@letsdance55 Judging by your statement, education too.

[letsdance55]

@CALICOTV301 I have a good education however I think my life experience will be alot more useful when the shit hits the fan than my CIS degree. There will come a day my friend when you will say that guy was right I sure wish I would of built a retreat and stocked it up with the things I need to keep myself and family alive.

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[themagus187]

The good ol' CFR. Thank god they're watching out for us... Not like they had anything to do with the leveraging and government created moral hazards...

[MTL911Truth]

I love Roubini's no-bullshit analysis

[peachface77]

I agree with vikramkrishnan. We need more "adademic types"

[kevinarmstrong1]

Ever notice that the 'acedemic types' don't really know much of anything? I guess those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach.

[vikramkrishnan]

yes those who can do, that is the problem they did -- fucked us all. in the academia , with a proper scientific training one begins to look at things w/o relying on oversimplification and a complete appreciation of the problem instead of knee jerk reactions...

[kevinarmstrong1]

"f*d us all" -- seems like a bit oversimplification by an academic.

[vikramkrishnan]

true, true... that was a spontaneous reaction of a grad research student who has lost funding and cannot find a job for no fault of his

[kevinarmstrong1]

Find a practical job until there is demand for yet another researcher, fresh out of college.

I have an overabundance of grad students applying for benefits from my government agency. We offer many of them simple jobs. However, most insist they are above the type of work we can offer them.

Too many public assistance clients blame their lives on macroeconomic events. There should be no reason a bright grad student cannot find a reasonable job to get through tough times.

[buffalobirdie]

I have no idea what they just said.

[uranian23]

this is worse than any of you realise imo. what we're seeing is that consumers are unwilling/unable to borrow more, and banks unwilling to lend (they're simply hoarding the money they're getting from the various bailouts). this means that the fractional reserve system goes into reverse, and we get a massive crash of the entire system. all paper - stocks, bonds, fiat currency - will become worthless. research the venetian banking crash of 1345 for last time we saw anything like this.

[kenn]

This video should come with a warning. We're going to see a negative feedback cycle for a few years. Liquidity issues may be possible to address by printing more money, but the trust, risk and leverage models are buried by this mess. It's literally a world wide hold your breath moment.

[arkuis]

I fear you are right :-\

[MauricioChicho]

Everything in life last forever until it ends. I feel bad for the few nice, honest, hard working Americans. On the other hand, this is an opportunity for the shallow, spoiled brat Americans to adjust their (grandiose, God chosen people) attitude and live within their means just like everyone in the world have done it for years.

[sassylassy526]

The average person doesn't understand the freight train that is hurtling towards him. Despite what has been happening, people think that housing prices will "recover" to their previous levels. They fail to understand that the highs were bubble prices that won't be seen again anytime soon.

[jo232409]

Well, after watching this, I'm pretty sure we're all screwed for several years.

I wish someone would have asked what the consumer could do to prepare themselves for the world to come.

[uranian23]

buy gold.

[hayyouman11]

U30823 I would agree only after you have secured basic needs.  ie food, water filtration, heat then if you have cash left over buy GOLD. The problem is having cash left over.

[samdonuge]

i've been searchin what john bogle has to say. he's a good bet on financial analysis

[97pattan]

In the long term you can classify them into liquidity problem and insolvency problem. But at this time, right now, you have to act and prevent anymore bankruptcy of bank, otherwise the spiral will never end.