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... segundo a autora "not the leading backers and officials of these institutions, the hedge-fund managers or private-equity owners, who will be most hurt by the "debtonation". It will be everyday citizens, many of whom will have been persuaded to borrow far beyond their means to pay, who will lose their pensions, homes, jobs and livelihoods - and their hoped-for futures. In doing so, they have propped up the global economy for the last two decades - yet they, not the "guardians of the nation's finances" (central bankers, finance ministers and regulators) will be forced to carry the blame for the crisis.(...)"
Pois é veja-se o efeito que a crise já teve nas taxas de juro e no preço dos empréstimos à habitação aqui no pequeno Portugal onde nada destas coisas ruins acontecem. O que nunca acontece aqui são duas coisas: os bancos e as instituições financeiras falirem ou verem os seus lucros diminuir e o preço das casas baixar. As vítimas estão fixadas ... por decreto.