在美國,由 2008 一直延燒到2010年的經融災難,使得數百萬人面臨困境,主要肇因於人的物慾與政府不負責任的管理所致。兩年前 Obama 曾坦承 ”Part of the reason this (financial) crisis occurred is that everyone was living beyond their means — from Wall Street to Washington to even some on Main Street. CEOs got greedy. Politicians spent money they didn’t have. Lenders tricked people into buying home they couldn’t afford …”。如今,年關將到,這個情形仍沒改變,社會人心仍陷於物質困頓中。