Anglican leader Rowan Williams said Thursday that the global credit crunch was a welcome "reality check" for Britain, in comments rejected by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, also likened the government's 20-billion-pound economic stimulus plan to an "addict returning to the drug".
Asked by BBC Radio whether the international financial crisis and its impact on Britain were beneficial, Williams replied: "It is a sort of a reality check, isn't it -- which is always good for us.
"A reminder that what I think some people have called fairy gold is just that -- that sooner or later you have to ask: 'What are we making or what are we assembling or accumulating wealth for?'."
Williams, who acknowledged that he would likely come in for criticism for what he himself described as "suicidally silly" remarks, also said of the stimulus plan: "It seems a little bit like the addict returning to the drug."
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