Financial stuff

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Some people might be a bit out of the loop concerning recent happenings in the lending sector-- I certainly am. This sum-up from the Freakonomics blog may help a bit:

Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals

I'll need to reread it a few times, but eventually I'll get it. Unfortunately, while it does say what's going on, it doesn't mention anything you can do.