This recent video interview with Peter Bernstein is worthwhile. Bernstein is one of the few market historians and scholars alive today who can offer the longevity of personal perspective on how recent developments compare with prior crisis periods.

Bernstein's perspective was of comfort to me in the past couple of years as the credit party raged on. I had never seen madness like recent years in my life time before. I found Peter's 8 decades of real life experience to be a great resource.