To wit:

"However, most Americans are better off now than they were 10-years ago, or even a few years ago. The finances of American households are strong. 

But, that's not what a lot of people think. More than a decade after a massive credit orgy by households brought down the U.S. and global economies, lots of people are convinced that households are still borrowing so much money that it will inevitably crash the economy.

Those critics see a consumer debt bomb growing again. But they are wrong."

I do agree with Rex on his point that the U.S. consumer won't be the sole cause of the next crisis. It will be a combination of household and corporate debt combined with underfunded pensions, which will collide in the next crisis.