Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

The Next Financial Crisis Is Staring Us in the Face

All it takes to see it is a long look in the mirror.

It’s your fault. No. It’s yours.

Photograph: Bloomberg

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The financial crisis ripped through Wall Street 10 years ago, pushing the global economy to the edge of the abyss. One might think those searing experiences would have created a learning opportunity — for managing risk better, understanding structural imbalances in the financial markets, even learning a bit about how our own cognitive processes malfunction.

Instead, we have little new wisdom or self-awareness to show for that traumatic event.