"This crisis was not just caused by the private sector. Too a large
extent this crisis was due to political intervention by the state, and
particularly in the housing market. It wasn’t a purely market
phenomenon what happened in subprime mortgages." Det sier Niall
Ferguson, den økonomiske historikeren bak boken og TV-serien The Ascent of Money i BBCs "The World Debate". Les også hans artikkel i Daily Telegraph.
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