The post-2007 crisis was not simply a financial affair. It began as a result of weakness in a specific sector – residential mortgages – after a bubble in home prices allowed many Americans to borrow massively, and often disastrously, against the putative value of their equity in order to finance purchases.
2007年后的危机也不只是一起金融事件。某个领域——住宅抵押——的弱点引发了危机。此前，泡沫房价允许许多美国人大数额地，而且经常是灾难性地，违反他们股票证券的推定价值进行借贷，以便来为购买提供资金。