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2008 (or rather, the lead-in to 2008) was a different case.

In that case the lenders were the ones who were the problem, and the borrowers were indeed using the money as disposable income (well, at least, to buy a home and other consumer goods on credit).

Whereas today the money goes from the printers to the rich people - not the common folk.




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