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Global Pool of Money Got Too Hungry

from National Public Radio
May 9, 2008

NPR's Adam Davidson and This American Life's Alex Blumberg jointly report on how rising defaults on subprime mortgages in the U.S. became a global financial crisis. This American Life host Ira Glass talks with Michele Norris about this first ever collaboration.

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  • All Things Considered, May 9, 2008
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