
There are a series of 10 minute lectures on the whole financial crisis (including credit default swaps) by this super smart guy on Youtube.
Here's the credit default swaps lecture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1lVOO9Y080&feature=PlayList&p=945E4F0ED131E4D1&index=21 but you are best off going in order to get it all... |
Also, NPR is doing a daily podcast which you can download for free via Itunes. It's called NPR Planet Money and it's quite good. |