Criza nu a început în 2008, prin colapsul de pe pieţele financiare, ci în 2007, prin criza de pe pieţele de alimente, precum şi prin subminarea pieţei energetice, care este controlată de instrumente politice.
The crisis did not begin in 2008 with the collapse in the financial markets, but in 2007, with the crisis in the food markets, as well as the undermining of the energy market, which is controlled by political instruments.