Financial Crises
Background info:
The Crisis of Credit Visualized
An eleven-minute video well worth your time if you need to get up to speed quickly about the beginnings of the financial crisis.
27 Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis
A collection of visual interpretations explaining the financial crisis. Note: Not all links are currently working. Also, each visual should be cited separately.
News sources:
CQ Researcher
Themed reports written by journals, with coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international
affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Use the quick or advanced search at the top of the page if you have key words in mind. Or you can browse by topic on the left. Click on Business, Banking, and Economics, then you can narrow your topic further. If you click on Great Depression and other Economic Recessions, you will see several recently published papers on the current economic crisis. You can also browse by date for the most recently published papers. Mine these reports for references!
News Trust
A news aggregator that features quality news and opinions that are rated by members based on quality, not just popularity. Reviewers are vetted and rated too, before their reviews get top billing. Use key words to search at the top of the page or browse by topic. Click on the U.S. tab at the top of the page, then browse the topics on the right side of the page (U.S. Economy, in particular). You can limit by date and by the "most trusted" articles.
LexisNexis
Full-text access to hundreds of recent (and even not-so-recent) newspaper and magazine articles. Type in your search terms in the center search box, using and to narrow and or to broaden; put quotation marks around unique phrases. The default search is set to Major U.S. and World Publications for the Previous 2 years, which can be changed to suit your needs. After you click search, notice that you can narrow your search by clicking on the categories in the left toolbar. Click on the plus sign to expand your options and click on the blue link to narrow your search.
Newsbank
Full-text articles from major metropolitan newspapers, international papers, and smalltown U.S. papers. This service includes both contemporary and historical databases. Access full-text articles from The News-Gazette (6/1/1997 to present) and Chicago Tribune (1985 to present).
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Contains articles from hundreds of magazines and reference books, including biographies, primary source documents and images. For best results, use a variety of keywords in combination (use separate boxes for each term). Use specific keywords (like AIG or TARP) with general keywords (like bailout or financial crises) for the most relevant results.
Sources cited in class:
"Detroit Must Fail"
http://www.good.is/post/detroit-must-fail/
"$73 an Hour: Adding It Up"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/business/economy/10leonhardt.html?scp=4&sq=detroit%20bailout&st=cse
"The Right Way to Bailout the Auto Industry"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-tasini/the-right-way-to-bailout_b_143243.html
'"Outcry Builds in Washington for Recovery of A.I.G. Bonuses"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/business/18bailout.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
"Auto Restructuring vs. Bank Bailouts"
http://uspoverty.change.org/blog/view/auto_restructuring_vs_bank_bailouts
"A Bank Bailout the Works"
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090323/stiglitz
"Was the Bailout Itself a Scam?: A Program of Financial Concentration"
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12817
Other:
2009 Economic Stimulus Bill: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
This is a LibGuide created by the Government Documents Library at Illinois. Use the tabs at the top of the page to browse the various resources, including news feeds and government websites.