The left has had an easy task in dominating the debate, partly because the intellectual right’s attempt to place all the blame for the crisis on government is thoroughly implausible. It is far more defensible and correct to argue that everyone – bankers, households, regulators, and politicians – contributed to (and took credit for) the boom while it lasted, only to point fingers at one another when it collapsed.
左派轻而易举地就主导了争论，这部分是因为思想右派将所有危机肇因归咎于政府的做法实在站不住脚。更有力也更正确的观点是，所有人——银行家、家庭、监管者和政客——都在泡沫的持续发展中起了作用，当泡沫破裂时，他们开始玩起相互指责的游戏来。