<p>When I saw the title of this thread I thought it was about a slightly different story, also in the New York Times.</p>
<p>[My</a> Personal Credit Crisis - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/magazine/17foreclosure-t.html?scp=1&sq=“my%20personal%20credit%20crisis”&st=cse]My”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/magazine/17foreclosure-t.html?scp=1&sq=“my%20personal%20credit%20crisis”&st=cse)</p>
<p>In this case an economics reporter for the Times gets over his head…</p>
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<p>… and also plans to write a book about it…</p>
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<p>That was in May of 2009. Maybe the book helped him save his house. Hopefully he will approach future financial transactions with a healthy dose of fear.</p>