Anxiety rises as the era of easy credit comes to an abrupt end Updated 21h 7m ago By David Lieberman, USA TODAY The years of easy money were fun while they lasted. Banks and credit card providers were so flush with cash that they could help virtually anyone — including many who had trouble juggling their bills — pay for whatever they wanted. But the party’s over. That’s been marked by the shuddering collapse of investment bank Lehman Bros., the sale of Merrill (...)