Scott McCloud (smccloud) wrote,
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[cross-posted for now with the new site]

More Infographic Terror

Everybody and his brother is linking to this great animation by Jonathan Jarvis about the credit crisis:

Credit Crisis Animation

Literally my brother in this case, who was blogging regularly about the housing collapse before it happened here.
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March 1 2009, 02:52:24 UTC 12 years ago

It's nicely done animation, but I was a little surprised by how he characterized and cartooned the "sub-prime" family as "irresponsible", while not mentioning the huge irresponsibility of financial deregulation explicitly (credit default swaps just get a passing definition), and not mentioning predatory lending at all. My eyebrow raised further when I scrolled down to see what's on the T-shirt that he's selling (which a cynic might conclude is the ultimate point of this website).

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March 1 2009, 03:19:48 UTC 12 years ago

That's a great point, Neil. I glossed over the political subtext there. Hm. May amend the post slightly to acknowledge this, and maybe point a more nuanced piece to balance it out.