"Why did a relatively minor problem in the U.S. subprime mortgage market nearly collapse the entire global financial system? David Smick says that the Great Credit Crunch of 2007-08 exposed a thicket of hidden problems that now threaten every American. In The World Is Curved, Smick describes how today's risky environment came to be -- and why the mortgage mess is a symptom of future trouble." (Quoted from video info)