Article assez interessant (http://www.economist.com/node/1639 [...] d=16397110) sur la dette (privé/public) avec quelques graphique sympa :
Debt increased at every level, from consumers to companies to banks to whole countries. The effect varied from country to country, but a survey by the McKinsey Global Institute found that average total debt (private and public sector combined) in ten mature economies rose from 200% of GDP in 1995 to 300% in 2008 (see chart 1 for a breakdown by country). There were even more startling rises in Iceland and Ireland, where debt-to-GDP ratios reached 1,200% and 700% respectively. The burdens proved too much for those two countries, plunging them into financial crisis.
Ce dernier tableau provoque toujours mon étonnement quand au fait que les dettes des pays sont vraiment des dettes de maturité moyenne très courte (enfin je trouve !) à part curieusement pour l'Angleterre !