The Bailout

Three posts arguing the proposed bailout is a bad idea:
http://volokh.com/posts/chain_1222045274.shtml

There are a lot of good items about the bailout at http://econlog.econlib.org/

Here is an article from Winter 2000 on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA):
http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_1_the_trillion_dollar.html

update: Here is a long list of links to articles exploring the current mess:
http://newmarksdoor.typepad.com/mainblog/2008/09/for-my-mba-stud.html