金融危机与文化问题
【摘要】:正September 1,2009 1.Cultural Backgrounds of the Financial Crisis The financial crisis had at least two critical causes—the financial system's sale of poisonous credit products and the government's inaction,or laissez-faire.These causes can be traced back to deep structural elements of culture,history,and politics in the West. The sale of poisonous debt products can be understood as connected with ideas of"seeking individual happiness"and"unlimited accumulation of private wealth"as principles of post-