En esta entrevista en Canadian Business a Michael Lewis, le preguntaron por las principales consecuencias de la catástrofe financiera que vivimos, su respuesta fue ésta y no tiene desperdicio:

We’re still in this. If you took all the losses in the system and subtracted them from the equity of banks worldwide, you would get a dramatically negative number. What we are seeing is the global nationalization of the financial industry. The political implications are extraordinary. Take the European Union. Spain, Italy and Ireland are all a total mess. The German population is saying in polls that they would rather opt out of the European Union than have to cover these countries’ debts. Sovereign credit is going to come under attack. And the multi-trillion-dollar elephant in the room is: will the United States meet its obligations?

En el siguiente video podemos ver un breve reportaje de la BBC de hace casi 2 años (subtitulado en español). Lamentablemente se han cumplido sus peores augurios:   Leer más