The Credit Crisis - What to expect and what to watch

The Credit Crisis - What to expect and what to watch: "As the world comes to grips with its unsustainable credit expansion of the last decade, a harsh new reality awaits many that assumed that this past period was a normal economy. Rooted in the widely adapted theory of Keynesian economics (save in good times, spend in bad times) boosting the economy has been a priority. Unfortunately, this theory does not work well in today's reality. The difficulty in determining when the economy should be held back is secondary to the main problem. Elected politicians rarely receive enough general public support to propose budget surpluses that pay down national debts and hold back hot economies. It's far too tempting to cave to special interest groups using future taxpayer dollars, thereby bolstering (re)-election support. They do so because there's little opposition to be found when the taxpayer is bled little by little. Only when catastrophic changes like austerity measures are required does the ordinary citizen seem to care."... (Click on title link above to read entire article on the coming credit crises and what to watch for.) ...