I understand that some may have reservations about passing climate legislation — the idea may seem daunting, especially during a time of great financial crisis — but this is just fighting dirty. (treehugger.com)
Since the advent of the Federal Reserve there have been longer periods of apparent stability followed by much greater financial crises and economic downturns (the three most severe peace - time economic downturns in the US (the downturns of the 1930s, the 1970s and the 2000s) occurred since the birth of the Fed). (tsi-blog.com)
It was this same obsession about GDP growth that caused most «observers» to not see the great financial crisis coming, even as the large and prolonged increase in Total Debt / GDP was plainly observable. (carnegieendowment.org)