Comments on: AIG Bailout: Where $173 billion Went http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/ Strength in Numbers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jordan http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-26825 Jordan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:25:53 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-26825 I think that the consumers are also to blame. They ripped off more than they could chew by building expensive houses and overbuying. This caused the CDSs to fail, and the CDOs were dependent upon them. I think that the consumers are also to blame. They ripped off more than they could chew by building expensive houses and overbuying. This caused the CDSs to fail, and the CDOs were dependent upon them.

]]> By: latetothedebate http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-26478 latetothedebate Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:33:00 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-26478 ps also google "murray vs. geithner" ps also google “murray vs. geithner”

]]> By: latetothedebate http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-26477 latetothedebate Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:25:56 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-26477 i have just read that AIG is the world leader in sharia-compliant-financing, and that case is being brought under the establishment clause against the us treasury. so one answer to the question "where did the money go?" is "to a religious organization" !!!! google aig sharia compliant financing and see if that's what you get out of what you find, it sure sounded that way to me. it's heavy reading but VERY interesting. are AIG's assets in other countries subject to seizure by those gov'ts if aig is allowed to fail? hmmmm. i gotta go read it again. i have just read that AIG is the world leader in sharia-compliant-financing, and that case is being brought under the establishment clause against the us treasury. so one answer to the question “where did the money go?” is “to a religious organization” !!!! google aig sharia compliant financing and see if that’s what you get out of what you find, it sure sounded that way to me. it’s heavy reading but VERY interesting. are AIG’s assets in other countries subject to seizure by those gov’ts if aig is allowed to fail? hmmmm. i gotta go read it again.

]]> By: April Fool’s: This year the joke is on the American Worker | PURE COOKE http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-26452 April Fool’s: This year the joke is on the American Worker | PURE COOKE Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:17:22 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-26452 [...] and no end in sight.   Put that figure next to the all the money tossed about lately–$173 billion floated to AIG, the $30 billion that GM has tapped in to, or the whopping $700 billion Troubled [...] [...] and no end in sight.   Put that figure next to the all the money tossed about lately–$173 billion floated to AIG, the $30 billion that GM has tapped in to, or the whopping $700 billion Troubled [...]

]]> By: Mile Wide… Inch Deep… » Blog Archive » AIG Bailout: Where $173 billion Went | FlowingData http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-26156 Mile Wide… Inch Deep… » Blog Archive » AIG Bailout: Where $173 billion Went | FlowingData Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:31:01 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-26156 [...] Read FlowingData’s recap of where the AIG bilout money went: AIG Bailout: Where $173 billion Went | FlowingData. [...] [...] Read FlowingData’s recap of where the AIG bilout money went: AIG Bailout: Where $173 billion Went | FlowingData. [...]

]]> By: Sankey Diagrams » Blog Archive » Where is the money, honey? http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-26070 Sankey Diagrams » Blog Archive » Where is the money, honey? Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:36:15 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-26070 [...] at FlowingData - Strength in Numbers presented a Sankey diagram by AP’s Nicolas Rapp and Damiko Morris (originally from this post [...] [...] at FlowingData – Strength in Numbers presented a Sankey diagram by AP’s Nicolas Rapp and Damiko Morris (originally from this post [...]

]]> By: Bret http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-25980 Bret Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:21:30 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-25980 Thanks all, I'll check things out. The last Sankey diagram I did was constructed in PowerPoint -- the koolaid of choice in business consulting. While it readily conveyed the info, it wasn't easy on the eyes. Thanks all, I’ll check things out. The last Sankey diagram I did was constructed in PowerPoint — the koolaid of choice in business consulting. While it readily conveyed the info, it wasn’t easy on the eyes.

]]> By: Visio Guy http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-25892 Visio Guy Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:26:39 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-25892 @Bret, Nicolas, et al. Here are some Sankey diagramming resources. e!sankey This is a reasonably priced Sankey diagramming tool: http://www.e-sankey.com/en/ Sankey Helper (for Microsfot Excel) http://www.doka.ch/sankey.htm Free Sankey Diagram Shapes for Visio http://www.visguy.com/2008/01/02/sankey-diagram-shapes-for-visio/ http://www.visguy.com/2008/05/26/pre-wired-sankey-diagram-shapes/ Sankey-Diagrams.com This website is 100% Sankey diagrams! http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/ @Bret, Nicolas, et al.

Here are some Sankey diagramming resources.

e!sankey
This is a reasonably priced Sankey diagramming tool:
http://www.e-sankey.com/en/

Sankey Helper (for Microsfot Excel)
http://www.doka.ch/sankey.htm

Free Sankey Diagram Shapes for Visio
http://www.visguy.com/2008/01/.....for-visio/
http://www.visguy.com/2008/05/.....am-shapes/

Sankey-Diagrams.com
This website is 100% Sankey diagrams!
http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/

]]> By: Your Writing Dept Blog » InfoPorn: Presenting raw data with visually stimulating graphs http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-25837 Your Writing Dept Blog » InfoPorn: Presenting raw data with visually stimulating graphs Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:33:53 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-25837 [...] compelling graphs, you ask? You can explain complex flows of money such as the recent AIG bailout. Follow the money, as they say. In this case, where did the $173 billion go during a six-month [...] [...] compelling graphs, you ask? You can explain complex flows of money such as the recent AIG bailout. Follow the money, as they say. In this case, where did the $173 billion go during a six-month [...]

]]> By: Jess http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/20/aig-bailout-where-173-billion-went/#comment-25829 Jess Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:48:50 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1457#comment-25829 Sankeys are great. I have yet had the opportunity to use one in my work, but I saw a sankey of energy use in Mother Jones a few months bag and i blew my mind. The clarity and ease of information. Sankeys are great. I have yet had the opportunity to use one in my work, but I saw a sankey of energy use in Mother Jones a few months bag and i blew my mind. The clarity and ease of information.

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