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• [1] Joe Corrao from Brooklyn October 17, 2008 - 10:29AM

  Brian you sounded a bit incredulous when he said Big Government had a hand in the economic problems...can I live in your gingerbread house...

  
  
• [2] Mike from NYC October 17, 2008 - 10:30AM

  Finance is just a service like any other. There can just as easily be a crash in manufacture as in finance.

  
  
• [3] Joe Corrao from Brooklyn October 17, 2008 - 10:35AM

  Mike...But Manufacturing doesn't have the "Greed" on top of it...if u make something, sell it, make money, you have earned it. The Finance indistry operates on speculation and greed...Moral problems then.

  
  
• [4] maggie from brooklyn, ny October 17, 2008 - 11:22AM

  it's incredible that these ideas have not been explored more in the media or by the campaigns. it's the kind of creative thinking i believe will make a difference in the future of our economy. it moves beyond just understanding the crisis or the inherent problems that lead to a "blame game".

  
  
• [5] smidely October 17, 2008 - 01:55PM

  Now can we publish this article in The National Review -- in 1999? Or 2003? Or 2006?

  
  
• [6] Alex from BK October 17, 2008 - 02:41PM

  oh wow, only five comments on this. This is actually one of the few people you've had on your show who knows what they're talking about and who is not a tool. Of course big gov't had a enormous hand in this mess. That's what happens when big govt dips it's hands into the so-called free market. But we continue to keep making fake credit because that's what half of wall street is based on. Eric Janszen is absolutely right.