It was not a disease or a war or an election that plunged the economy into crisis, but a combination of bad lending decisions and the excessive leverage of banks at the heart of the financial system.

• 使经济陷入危机状态的并非是疾病、战争或选举，而是金融中心体系的失败借贷决策以及银行的过大金融杠杆作用共同作用的结果。