I love the Planet Money team. If you haven't heard their This American Life coverage of our financial crisis you really should go look it up. I recommend Return to the Giant Pool of Money as the place to start.
article is innumerate. the problem with economics is often that it uses words people think they understand in a technical way. this makes people think they're qualified to explain in their own words something they'd never try to explain if it were about mitochondria or quasars.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/390/r...;