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A Quick Note, And a Good Explainer

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 13, 2008 10:49 am EST

In honor of Columbus Day, ProPublica is off-the-clock. We'll be back tomorrow.

In the meantime, we thought you might enjoy this fabulous video from the folks at Marketplace. It is one of the best explainers we've seen yet on the crisis.

Crisis explainer: Uncorking CDOs from Marketplace on Vimeo.

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A Quick Note, And a Good Explainer

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