Economic crisis: Crash course in capitalism
It will be years for the full effects of the crash of September 2008 to be felt.
The mainstream media ran out of superlatives as they struggled to keep up with the events that threatened the whole basis of the capitalist system. All reflected shock and disbelief that everything that seemed so solid had melted into air.
Every economic crisis in history has been met with similar incredulity and copious explanations as to why very specific conditions caused the "never ending" boom to bust.