NBR's list of websites you can visit for more information about the financial crisis.*

Economist.com

Economist.com is the website of Britain's The Economist magazine. This links to a September 30, 2008 entry posted on the website's "Democracy in America" blog. The entry is titled "Enough Blame to Go Around."

FactCheck.org

FactCheck.org is "a nonpartisan, non profit consumer advocate for voters." It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. This links to a FactCheck report titled "Who Caused the Economic Crisis?" It debunks claims by both American political parties and also offers a long list of groups to blame for contributing to the financial crisis.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The IMF promotes monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; fosters economic growth; and provides temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment. This links to the Market Turbulence section of the May 30, 2008 edition of IMF Survey Magazine. The section contains a number of articles related to the topic, "Financial Markets: Getting the Incentives Right."

Knowledge@Wharton (Registration Required)

Knowledge@Wharton is the online business journal of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. This links to a September 17, 2008 transcript published in Knowledge@Wharton titled, "Wharton Faculty Debate the Impact of the Financial Crisis."

Nouriel Roubini's Global EconoMonitor

Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics at the Stern School of Business at New York University and founder of the RGE Monitor economic research firm, authors this blog. This links to a September 21, 2008 enty in the blog titled, "The Shadow of the Banking System is Unravelling."

STATS

STATS is "a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization affiliated with the George Mason University." This links to a September 26, 2008 article published by STATS titled, "Understanding the Financial Crisis."

House Financial Services Committee

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, which is chaired by Congressman Barney Frank (D - Massachusetts), held a hearing on "The Future of Financial Services Regulation" on October 21, 2008. This links to transcripts of testimony from that hearing as well as an archived webcast. In their discussions of the need for regulatory changes, a number of those who testified also examined the causes of the current crisis.

*If you click these links, you will be taken off the NBR website on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.