We're now in the seventh year of a slump brought on by Wall Street excess; the wizardly job of "allocating the economy's investment resources” consisted, we now know, largely of funneling money into a real estate bubble. (Paul Krugman)

We're now in the seventh year of a slump brought on by Wall Street excess; the wizardly job of "allocating the economy's investment resources” consisted, we now know, largely of funneling money into a real estate bubble.

Paul Krugman

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