Things are different this time around and Wall Street isn't on the hook. In an attempt to stabilize global markets following the last recession, borrowing has been made extremely cheap in developed economies like the United States. Economists thought this would shock the heartbeat of the pre-Crash economy back to life, but the U.S. was never able to wean borrowers off of ultra low rates. Investors of all sizes have been snapping up this cheap debt for several years now, causing many to worry that these are exactly the same conditions that caused the 2008 crash.
There are other global factors which make this scenario different from that of 2008. This time, Wall Street isn't the one holding all of this cheap debt. This time it's spread all around the world, in companies, private investors and world governments. Many of the nations involved are so-called "developing" economies, which have been using cheap borrowing to fund expansion.
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