Hvem skulle trodd at noen råtne boliglån i USA kunne true hele det finansielle systemet og velte det britiske og islandske banksystemet? Sub-prime krisen i USA har tross alt vært kjent i et år uten at særlig mange skjønte rekkevidden.
The Times skriver om "The Crash of 2008" og hvordan vanlige bedrifter blir neste offer for krisen.
Og så kommer man ikke unna the Economist. Et helt bilag handler denne uken om årsakene til og konsekvensene av finanskrisen. (linken er til første side og så blar man videre i linkene nederst på hver side). Som vanlig veldig grundig.
For vår egen regjeringen kan jo denne påminnelse fra The Economist være viktig:
"But history teaches an important lesson: that big banking crises are ultimately solved by throwing in large dollops of public money, and that early and decisive government action, whether to recapitalise banks or take on troubled debts, can minimise the cost to the taxpayer and the damage to the economy. For example, Sweden quickly took over its failed banks after a property bust in the early 1990s and recovered relatively fast. By contrast, Japan took a decade to recover from a financial bust that ultimately cost its taxpayers a sum equivalent to 24% of GDP."
"But history teaches an important lesson: that big banking crises are ultimately solved by throwing in large dollops of public money, and that early and decisive government action, whether to recapitalise banks or take on troubled debts, can minimise the cost to the taxpayer and the damage to the economy. For example, Sweden quickly took over its failed banks after a property bust in the early 1990s and recovered relatively fast. By contrast, Japan took a decade to recover from a financial bust that ultimately cost its taxpayers a sum equivalent to 24% of GDP."
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