it could be good
it could be bad
but
it is REAL by all means

the current economic crisis
is
resulted from many policies carried out during the past
decades, from which Americans and the people all over the world have been benefiting the prosperity,
however,
no surprising,
any man-made policy or idea bear the self-destructive aspects ( good examples are: Ke1 Ju3 Zhi4 du4 in China
and modern democratic system for Republic in USA),
NOW,
it is the day of reckoning,
that is,
it is the time of paying back for those self-destructive aspects.