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This case was written primarily to debate on the proactive role that could have been played by some of the celebrated US economists. After all, these very economists (at least some of them) were advising various economies across the world, whenever any of them faced either economic or financial crisis. In 2008, the US financial crisis assumed huge proportions, shaking the world economy. The magnanimity of the crisis makes one wonder what the celebrated economists of the US were doing when the economy and its flagship financial services industry was deteriorating. Couldn't they foresee and forewarn about the consequences of the mortgage mess? In fact, many economists did foresee and forewarn that the US was headed for a huge financial crisis. Many of the economists' predictions were nevertheless ignored. This case study presents the dilemma as to whether the crisis was inevitable, irrespective of the predictions. Was ignorance on all fronts the real culprit behind the crisis?