Learn about the financial meltdown courtesy of a brilliant Brit rocking a green sweater and wielding the power of a big marker at Marketplace.com. These 10-minute videos are the best explanations of the financial armageddon I’ve seen. Enjoy, and Happy New Year.

Quantitative easing from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Untangling credit default swaps

Crisis explainer: Uncorking CDOs

Untangling credit default swaps

Getting naked in short selling

The complete list of videos is available here: http://vimeo.com/marketplace/videos/sort:date