I didn't want to hijack aphex's thread, but here are some stick figures

[StageLeft]

Hopefully we can keep this on P&N and I know some of y'all have seen it, but I'm sure many haven't. There is a little potty mouth throughout, but nothing too bad.

Link

 

[Farang]

I WON!!! hahaahahah bye bye suckers im rich

 

[flyboy84]

Interesting...

 

[Wonderful Pork]

I found The Crisis of Credit Visualized explains the situation very well also (though, not nearly as humorous).

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Hopefully we can keep this on P&N and I know some of y'all have seen it, but I'm sure many haven't. There is a little potty mouth throughout, but nothing too bad.

Link

Funny, but not really true.

You also need the CEO of the bank in the background e-mailing a memo that says he doesn't give a shit about a downpayment, and telling the broker that he should encourage creative answers from the borrower.

 

[MovingTarget]

Heh....I laughed. It may not be totally accurate, but from the outside this kind of thing wouldn't surprise us at all.

 

[StageLeft]

I laughed most at the end where the two people just tell each other "f*** you", because what else can they do, haha

 

[Craig234]

I thought both cartoons were great. I'd just like to see a bit more added, from the numbers to something on the effects of the bailouts.

It's not a cartoon, but Jon Stewart summarized the AIG situation in last night's episode as well:

Video segment

 

[BoberFett]

Here's the real key:

http://www.businesspundit.com/sub-prime/page24.php

http://www.businesspundit.com/sub-prime/page25.php

Fraudulent accounting. Did we not learn anything from Enron?