How did we get in this mess?

[txbadger]

Here's a pretty good article:
http://media.rgemonitor.com/papers/0/NyuFinArch.pdf

[YardleyLabs]

Unfortunately, at 46 pages, it doesn't lend itself well to ideological polemics. It also goes through the whole situation and never once says whether the commie liberals or the fascist conservatives are to blame. Thanks for the reference.