You know that people really mean that the financial mess we’re in is fucked when they need to break out a Japanese gravure idol to make sense of it all.

Haruka Nanami, the said gravure idol, prances around in her bikini while giving some context to the mess we’re all in. It more engaging than anything on the global financial meltdown that I’ve ever encountered — suck on that, NPR’s Planet Money.

Never mind the fact that this explanation is in Japanese — it’s not like anyone can follow how the derivatives, bonds and mortgages got us here anyway, short of describing it as “magic.” Only it’s the crappy Criss Angel sort of magic, not the cool Penn and Teller variety.

Understanding the Sub prime crisis from a gravure idol Haruka Nanami

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