It's kinda like the great depression. Nobody could find a way out. then the Americans came up with the idea of spending their way out of it. Who would have thought that to be a good idea. Saving and being thrifty is not always the answer as we were thought. The Americans own most of the debt but they own most of the wealth and power as well. Don't get me wrong I despise a lot of their political decisions but they just seem to get it right in the end. How, I don't know.