Credit Crises - The housing price conundrum

The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis.

By Jonathan Jarvis.

Crisisofcredit.com

The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

For more on my broader thesis work exploring the use of new media to make sense of a increasingly complex world, visit jonathanjarvis.com




The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis.

By Jonathan Jarvis.

Crisisofcredit.com

The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

For more on my broader thesis work exploring the use of new media to make sense of a increasingly complex world, visit jonathanjarvis.com

Here is a mathematical course explaining the Credit Crisis by Khan Academy.

The housing price conundrum
Housing price conundrum (part 2)
Housing Price Conundrum (part 3)
Housing Conundrum (part 4)
Mortgage-Backed Securities I
Mortgage-backed securities II
Mortgage-backed securities III
Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)
Bailout 1: Liquidity vs. Solvency
Bailout 2: Book Value
Bailout 3: Book value vs. market value
Bailout 4: Mark-to-model vs. mark-to-market
Bailout 5: Paying off the debt
Bailout 6: Getting an equity infusion
Bailout 7: Bank goes into bankruptcy
Bailout 8: Systemic Risk
Bailout 9: Paulson's Plan
Bailout 10: Moral Hazard
Bailout 11: Why these CDOs could be worth nothing
Bailout 12: Lone Star Transaction
Bailout 13: Does the bailout have a chance of working?
Credit Default Swaps
Credit Default Swaps 2
Wealth Destruction 1
Wealth Destruction 2
Bailout 14: Possible Solution
Bailout 15: More on the solution
Banking 1
Banking 2: A bank's income statement
Banking 3: Fractional Reserve Banking
Banking 4: Multiplier effect and the money supply

Basic Addition I

Go to Khan Academy lessons:
Basic Addition
Level 2 Addition
Basic Subtraction
Level 4 Subtraction
Why borrowing works
Level 4 multiplication
Level 4 division
Adding Decimals
Subtracting decimals
Multiplying decimals
Dividing decimal
Greatest Common Divisor
Least Common Multiple
Equivalent fractions
Mixed numbers and improper fractions
Converting fractions to decimals
Percent and decimals
Ordering numeric expressions
Why borrowing works