Twelve years into the 21st century, the dominant financial and economic fact is that we are still living in the wake of athe
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vast housing and mortgage bubble, which peaked in mid-2006, almost six years ago. Then came the peak in commercial real estate, making a real estate double bubble, and then the European sovereign debt bubble, all together making a great 21st century compound bubble-a financial adventure of truly memorable proportions and pain. (Whether it actually will be remembered by the future investors, bankers, credit union managers and politicians of coming generations is highly doubtful.)
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