She is phenomenal and has won a Pulitzer for her work. She is not particularly liberal, in fact probably not at all. Her specialty is holding the feet of business miscreants to the fire. She is not in the gotcha business, she does not go after people for personal gain, she just goes after people and companies whose hides should be nailed to the wall. Salud. This is journalism as it should be -- to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.

>I have not read it yet, but I heard this book has a good explanation of the mess we are in now. Gretchen Morgenson is a New York Times business reporter.
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805091203?ie=UTF8&tag=theofficiw0c2-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805091203
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>>>>And, actually, the morgage mess started with Clinton...
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>>>The mortgage mess started with Reagan - if you consider deregulation the starting point (I do).
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>>The mortgage mess started with the New Deal.