Wasn't he arguing, quite rightly, that the 2008 crash was down to subprime mortgages given out to the credit poor due to Clinton's changing of the bank regulations in the 90s? (something that the media mostly hid when distributing blame).
The WEF 'you will own nothing' is on a whole different scale.
That isn't about whether you can afford the repayments on a home or not (something that most financial institutions handled fine before politics got involved), it's about not giving you the option of ownership.
the sub-prime market will always be there as some people have lower credit ratings etc. To cover the greater risk they are usually loaned a lower % and at a higher interest rate. This is no different today.
The 2008 sub-prime crash partly/mainly (??) happened because these individual mortgages were bundled together and sold on as CDOs (Collateralized Debt Obligations) at much lower risk values than the sum of parts.
Therefore, when interest rates started to rise and default on payments started these lower risk products were anything but.
To compound the problems banks were allowed to take on too more risk due to reduced oversight so essentially it became a house of cards.
I don't think Epstein is referring to this.