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All Economy's Bubbles Have Burst at Once

Dominoes tumble from real estate to credit to commodities

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 7, 2008 4:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – The real reason the global economy is tanking is because a huge set of financial bubbles are all bursting at once, explains Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. The US real-estate bubble started the party, leading to a burst in the credit bubble, the corporate... Read full story »

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All Economy's Bubbles Have Burst at Once

Dominoes tumble from real estate to credit to commodities

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