Dilbert, the Onion and even Paul Bernanke all called the current economic crisis long before it happened, though in very different ways.

The Best Links:

1. “Taxpayers will give us money so we can build overpriced products to sell to taxpayers!”
2. Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’
3. Bernanke’s 1980s Computer Model Predicts Crisis

He may be holding the economic fate of the world in his hands — his manly, sexy hands.

The Best Links:

1. Who Is This Paulson Guy?
2. Hank Paulson: Hot or Not?
3. “Hank can bail us out any time.”
4. “Billionairish bald man Hank Paulson is officially hot”

Some of the best online explanations of why the financial world is currently going to hell.

The Best Links:

1. The 2008 Credit Crisis Blame Game: The Contenders
2. A Quick, Clear Definition of the Subprime Lending & Resulting Credit Crisis
3. The $700 Billion Bailout: You’re Paying $5,200
4. This American Life: The Giant Pool of Money
5. NPR: Planet Money

A site that helps you auction off your bad investments to the U.S. government.

The Best Links:

1. Bailout Satire
2. Recent Shit Added to Our Pile
3. Submit Your Shitpile