Britons are said to owe trillions on credit cards, mortgages and other consumer loans — a total greater than the country's entire economic output. Rising housing prices over the past three decades have permitted extensive borrowing, meaning the average British consumer is in more debt than the average American consumer. Kerry Capell of Business Week talks about the credit crunch in Britain with Robert Siegel.
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