David Leonhardt'i artikkel Can't Grasp Credit Crisis? Join the Club New York Times'is on hulgaliselt viitamist leidnud, sest tundub olevat üks selgemaid ja lühemaid kirjeldusi sellest, mis olid praeguse kriisi peamisteks liikumapanevateks jõududeks: It really started in 1998, when large numbers of people decided that real estate, which still hadn't recovered from the early 1990s [...]