The current fiscal crisis gripping the world can seem very complicated since there's many differing angles to its root causes and many differing other factors complicating/aggravating it.
Here's a link to 27 different graphics/flow charts explaining the DIFFERING aspects of this global financial disaster:
http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/13/27...ancial-crisis/
There's also animated graphics. Get a clearer idea of the meltdown that will surely figure for a long time in our lifetimes