One might have thought that the United States would have taken a leadership role, since the crisis was made there. Indeed, the US Treasury (including some officials who are currently members of President Barack Obama’s economic team) pushed capital- and financial-market liberalization, which resulted in the rapid contagion of America’s problems around the world.
有人可能会认为，做为经济危机的始作俑者，美国将会在应对危机问题上承担领导者的角色。因为正是美国财政部（甚至包括一些正在奥巴马经济团队中任职的官员）推动了资本市场和金融市场的自由化，导致美国的问题迅速蔓延到了全世界。