Thanks to greed ...

This is the best explanation of our (OK, the world's) economic crisis I've seen yet. I can actually understand it though it makes me angry. I'd say "enjoy" but ... well, you know:

http://vimeo.com/3261363

I tried to embed the video itself but blogger didn't like the coding. Sigh. Do check it out anyway when you've got 10 minutes to spare. It's quite eye-opening.

h/t Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish.