Inside the Financial Meltdown

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meltdown/view/

Fairly unbias factual account on what occured during the financial meltdown beginning in the spring of 2008.

Administration in Early Talks on Ways to Curb Compensation Across Finance

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124215896684211987.html

"Government officials said their effort, which is just beginning, isn't aimed at setting pay or establishing detailed rules. 'This is not going to be about capping compensation or micro-management,' said an administration official. 'It will be about understanding what is the best way to align compensation with sound risk management and long-term value creation.' "

So now the government knows how to run banks? I didn't know we elected them based on that criteria.

Russia Backs Return to Gold Standard to Solve Financial Crisis

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5072484/Russia-backs-return-to-Gold-Standard-to-solve-financial-crisis.html

Genius. Having money backed by something of actual value, what a concept! Notice in the article how it says that the gold standard failed only when countries spent beyond their means. Perhaps that would be a good limiter on government spending. Now it does say that Russia backs a gold standard for the in global currency, which I am not for, but the notion of bringing back the gold standard is appealing.