An article I ran across this morning for those who beleive that capitalistic greed is the culprit for the housing crisis and the current economic downturn the US is in. Its the social engineering that creates these bubbles and the bursts. A properly functioning market will always correct itself, but if anyone thinks that the US economy can be run from Washington DC they are fooling themselves.
http://sibbyonline.blogs.com/sibbyonline/2008/11/blame-social-engineers-not-capitalists.html
http://sibbyonline.blogs.com/sibbyonline/2008/11/blame-social-engineers-not-capitalists.html