Tunesia: The upheavel threatens the economic stability.*
Libya: The revolution increases the oil price.*
Japan: The earthquake and its consequences are a threat to the global economic growth.*
When exactly did the economy become more important than freedom, than democracy, than life?
La puce, die Welt and everything else 
When exactly, would you say, was it ever any different?
I actually think it still is different for the people living this crisis and fighting for freedom, democracy and life. What annoys me is the condescended manner in which most newspaper from ‘free’ countries report.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/03/catastrophe_and_growth
QED?