consensus

If the newspapers and websites aren't cutting it for you, I've found that Wikipedia often has amazingly comprehensive articles about on going issues. Global Financial Crisis of 2008 is Wikipedia's good history of what's been happening to the financial markets recently. It is divided in weeks, giving the details that emerged that week, as well as government reactions at the time. For a larger overview, check out the Wikipedia entry for the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 Also, the chart on this page on CNBC is giving a running total of the cost of all parts of the bailout. Right now it's at $7.9 trillion, for the U.S. Government.

Click below to read my thoughts on the new form of consensus building via Wikipedia, and the social science possibilities of studying a fully archived conversation that leads to consensus.