"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.

Temaet dekkes også i Civita-rapporten Finanskrisen: Markedssvikt eller styringssvikt?