Is It Too Late to Save the Financial System? by Chris Martenson You know, it didn’t have to be this way. The government could have used QE productively and delivered greater prosperity to the country. But it didn’t, and doesn’t seem to want to change, and so here we are. Is It Too Late to Save the Financial System? by Chris Martenson You know, it didn’t have to be this way. The government could have used QE productively and delivered greater prosperity to the country. But it didn’t, and doesn’t seem to want to change, and so here we are.