The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis. By Jonathan Jarvis. Crisisofcredit.com The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. For more on my broader thesis work exploring the use of new media to make sense of a increasingly complex world, visit jonathanjarvis.com
(www.abndigital.com) Further steps need to be taken to enhance the regulatory framework and improve financial services. The proposed reforms include a shift to a “twin peak” system of financial regulation, with market conduct under the Financial Services Board, and prudential regulation in the Reserve Bank. An inter-agency financial stability oversight committee will be formed, and a Council of Financial Regulators. A policy discussion paper sets out the new framework for how the financial sector could better serve South Africa.
MrPoliticsGeek! The Political Blog of Common Sense! The Average American Political Analysis through a young voice of America! In the recent weeks, Congress senate passed the financial reform to address the factors that led to the financial meltdown. But let’s be honest here, what is it even talking about? Derivatives? WTH is that? What does the reform do and how can it fail? sources: Credit Derivatives Explained: www.huffingtonpost.com C-Span discusses Financial meltdown: www.youtube.com Derivatives useful purposes: ezinearticles.com Derivatives’ stats: www.bis.org —also for simplified version of stats check out: en.wikipedia.org Media used: “3 Little Words” by Frankmusik I do NOT own the copyrights to these song/video. They are used solely for educational and commentary purposes!
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Here is part 1 of President Bush’s televised address on the financial crisis that has crippled wall street as well as the global economy. This speech was broadcasted on 9/24/08 9 PM Eastern time on local news networks in the US
President Obama announced the introduction of the new consumer financial protection agency, which will execute a plan for regulation reform that would improve the current “patchwork system” full of outdated regulations and lax oversight that helped lead to last year’s crisis,” and “stand up, not for big banks, not for financial firms, but for hard-working Americans.” Such changes, he says, would prevent consumers becoming victims of “predatory practices of some in the financial industry …
