What Moral Hazard? Forbes
LONDON – It’s been bailout out after bailout for Wall Street banks that made ill-judged bets on the securities market, but the so-called moral-hazard theory, that banks will be all the more reckless for it, has been discarded by those watching overseas this past week. In Europe, where central bankers are typically hawkish and regulators keep an especially wary eye on state meddling in business, everybody seems glad for Fed interference. Read the rest of this entry »
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