Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains short selling and naked short selling. But What happens to Sam now? What does Caitlin do? Why can't Sam just give back Caitlin $1000 and everyone carry on as if nothing happened?


Getting naked in short selling from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Captain Scott = Lehman Brothers?

Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch stretches a metaphor to explain the 2008 Financial Crisis


The credit crisis as Antarctic expedition from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Explaining Credit Default Swaps -- Weapons of Mass Financial Destruction

Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains what Credit Default Swaps are.


Untangling credit default swaps from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Explaining Collateralized Debt Obligations

Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how CDOs amplified the popping of the housing bubble into the 2008 Financial Crisis


Crisis explainer: Uncorking CDOs from Marketplace on Vimeo.