I'm not a business man or know a lot of how the credit system works, but this is surely something that you don't want to miss watching. Don't know why there was a credit crisis?  This motion graphics piece will tell you all for those that don't know the credit lingo.  Jonathan Jarvis created "The Crisis of Credit Visualized" for his thesis for his media design program. Check out his site for the piece at www.crisisofcredit.com.