Internet Resources on the Housing/Finanacial Crisis: II

I've spent a lot of time looking at and trying to understand the Financial Crisis that our country is in right now. A while back, I made a post on (multimedia!) internet resources for understanding the crisis -- in terms that the average person can understand. More recently, I posted about the impact of the Financial Crisis on Women's Health.

Well, I've bumped into a couple of new resources (that are continually updated!) to help with general understanding of the crisis -- how it happened and where we are now.

• from New York Times
• Credit Crisis: The Essentials; updated continuously
• The really helpful stuff is on the left-hand side of the page. At the top of the column, they post the latest headlines and developments about the crisis (and how politicians and companies are reacting), but if you scroll down a little to where it says "Overview," that's where the handy explanations of the crisis begin.
• The middle column of the page is dedicated to Multimedia, and has tons of videos, graphics, and charts.
• from Wikipedia
• Economic Crisis of 2008; updated continuously
• Gives an overview of the economy in 2008, beginning with Causes of the Financial Crisis, then its impact on the major countries of the world (starting with the U.S.) up to the present.
• Global Financial Crisis of 2008; update continuously
• This article is similar to the one above, though it is slightly more advanced, and gives a week-by-week breakdown of the crisis starting when the stock market crashed in September. This article is much more focused and intensive. (It's not as much of a general introduction as the others.)

And I can't stress this enough: If there is ever a word or idea that you don't understand in any article or conversation about the economy, search it in Wikipedia. Smart people who know what they're talking about are updating Wiki-pages on the Financial Crisis all time!