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The Crisis of Credit

February 27, 2009

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
A few months ago, I posted on the “Financial Crisis Simplified.” Now, I’ve come across this explanatory video from Jonathan Jarvis that goes even deeper. Very well done.

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The balance sheet should … balance?

February 12, 2009

Here’s a quick rant.
One of the most common and inexcusable errors we see on Texas Emerging Technology Fund applications is an unbalanced balance sheet. Assets are always equal to liabilities plus equity. Always. It’s also inexcusable to have items that don’t add up on income statements or statements of cash flow. This is basic accounting, and [...]

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Financial Crisis Simplified

October 12, 2008

I saw this video earlier this week over at Presentation Zen. I’ve thought about the champagne glasses metaphor several times since as I’ve been reading more about the crisis, and hope you find it helpful as you’re trying to figure out what the heck is going on!

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