The current financial crisis: healthy?

The Washington Independent has published the article “The Great Unwind”. The article's author argues that the current crisis is necessary to reestablish a balance in the financial systems. As a consequence, most fixes that are currently being debated won't help at all---similar to making an illness worse by treating the symptoms. The crux of the matter is that as a society, letting the crisis run its course might be the best thing to do, but for individuals, we must find a way to prevent poverty.

Warren Buffet likes the German economy

"Germany: Warren Buffett Likes It, And So Do We"

Who would have thought? Warren Buffet likes the German economy and is worried about the US economy (link target is in German). This is currently not consistent with the German self-image, but obviously things have changed during recent years.