Planet Money pal Rob Paterson writes that it's time to get out of the market and stay out of it. Paterson, a former money manager, writes that we can't track the risk of investing anymore -- not with money going into rigs like "credit default swaps" and big players like Lehman Brothers driving right off the map.
Paterson offers advice worthy of Polonius in Hamlet. He says it's time to invest in learning to fix your car yourself and in growing your own food. Just this minute, I'm finding his alt.approach a tonic.
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