Or, put another way, the question of how Asia's mess should have been dealt with.
None of the banks foresaw today's mess, even though their survival was at stake.
For much of the rich world, however, the most important consequences of Europe's mess will be fiscal.
Spurred by California's mess, federal officials are looking more widely at failures in the wholesale power market.
Unlike many previous emerging-market crises, today's mess spread from the rich world, largely thanks to increasingly integrated capital markets.
Too many people ascribe today's mess solely to the excesses of American finance.
In many ways today's mess is a consequence of policymakers' misguided reactions to globalisation and the increasing economic heft of the emerging world.
Perhaps he does not want to rule yet, given Pakistan's mess.
West Africa's leaders would dearly love to see Liberia's mess resolved.
Kindler battled hard for the chance to fix McKinnell's mess.
Blaenau Gwent was the first in Wales to use a private contractor to back up its policy of fining people who drop litter, or dog walkers who fail to pick up their pet's mess.
It's a terrible mess but it's a temporary mess, I mean it's not a deep wound for the Labour Party, it's a irritating rash, and now we've got to stop scratching it and get on with something more serious.
Kelly Martin has been cleaning up the company's accounting mess, but he's certainly not done.
More importantly, Burns and TPG helped clean up Chobani's operational mess, returning its profit margins to the black.
It also insists that the deal is an essential part of clearing up Iceland's financial mess.
Mr Clegg declined to answer and instead responded that the coalition had been created to clear up Labour's "mess".
First, will government control of Fannie and Freddie help solve America's housing mess?
His reasoning is that Lesotho's current mess springs from its first-past-the-post voting arrangements.
It is too early to judge whether General Musharraf's new team is tough enough and principled enough to sort out Pakistan's banking mess.
But it will work only if the Obama administration accompanies it with a cast-iron determination to get to the bottom of America's banking mess.
Many of the best professional home sellers will shy away from putting a lot of time into selling your home if it's a mess.
"It's just a mess and it's brought terrible publicity, " she said.
Religious conservatives know something's wrong with us, that man's a mess.
Some fear that even if the Fed did ease monetary policy to restore order, lingering inflation fears would push up long-term rates, compounding America's mortgage mess.
The last time the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to shore up the economy, between 2001 and 2003, it sowed the seeds of today's housing mess.
The pessimistic interpretation is that this reflects concerns about America's fiscal mess (see article), in a paler version of bondholders' jitters about Greece and Spain.
ECONOMIST: Get ready for more volatility in government bonds
And while the expats may provide a breath of fresh air and unleash a wave of initiatives, it is unlikely that they can clean up Pakistan's economic mess in few months.
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