human
Why are we having an economic crisis now when we were so rich before?
assistant
Well, there’s a lot of different factors that go into it. One is that the economy has grown more slowly than expected in recent years, which means that people have less money to spend. Another is that many people had been living beyond their means for a long time, and this caused them to borrow too much money, and they can’t pay back what they owe. And then there’s also the fact that our government has spent a lot of money on things like wars and tax cuts, but not enough on infrastructure or education.