Planet Money Tracks a Toxic Asset

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The excellent Planet Money team (who we honored in the GOOD 100) is continuing its coverage of our economic troubles by tracking the performance of a real, tanking toxic asset:

We bought one of those things that no one wanted, one of those things that almost brought down the global economy: our very own toxic asset. This one has more than 2,000 mortgages in it. We paid $1,000, with our own money, for our piece. It used to be worth more like $75,000.

They've set up an interactive infographic where you can see exactly what's in their troubled mortgage puree, and watch its value change as people default or pay off their loans.