“Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the way for the financial calamity and Great Recession that followed. Today, by contrast, credit is too tight. Mortgage loans are particularly hard to get, creating a problem for the housing market and the broader economy.” WayMadeHardProblemTodayEasyMillionsEconomyCreatingFinancialCreditBubblesContrastHousingLoanCalamityMortgageRecessionsGreat RecessionHousing MarketHousing Bubble Author:Mark Zandi
“We've suffered a "Ponzification" of the economy in recent years, as bubbles have built up and then burst, and each time we act as though it's the first time.” YearsFirstsEconomyFirst TimeBuiltBubbles Author:Mitchell Zuckoff
“Nobody disputes that cheap natural gas would be a good thing for the economy. The question is, is this a sustainable new development that can be counted on for decades to come, or simply a 'bubble' brought on by a land grab and drilling frenzy?” Would BeNaturalEconomyLandDevelopmentGood ThingsDecadesGasBubblesDisputesFrenzyNatural GasDrilling Author:Jeff Goodell
“The most serious problems lie in the financial sphere, where the economy's debt overhead has grown more rapidly than the 'real' economy's ability to carry this debt. [...] The essence of the global financial bubble is that savings are diverted to inflate the stock market, bond market and real estate prices rather than to build new factories and employ more labor.” RealProblemLyingAbilityEconomySeriousLaborEssenceFinancialDebtSavingSpheresFactoriesBubblesEstatesSavingsOverheadBond Market Author:Michael Hudson
“Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. Over the last few decades we have created a food production bubble-one based on environmental trends that cannot be sustained, including overpumping aquifers, overplowing land, and overloading the atmosphere with carbon dioxide.” WorldNeedsLastsGrowthEconomyTroubleLandCenturyCivilizationEnvironmentalIncludingProductionsDecadesAtmosphereTrendsBubblesConsumptionCarbon21st CenturyCarbon DioxideFood ProductionAquifers Author:Lester R. Brown
“Asset bubbles have happened even without not-so-easy money. And, in a depressed economy, where alternative uses of money are not great, people are going to bid up the prices of profitable corporations and stuff like that.” PeopleUseEasyStuffEconomyHappenedAlternativesCorporationsAssetsBubblesProfitableGreat PeopleEasy Money Author:Paul Krugman