However, Even A Strong Government Can't Perform

I Very Often Used To Get Backaches Due To The Fact That I Was Wrong. Whenever You Are Wrong You Have To Fight Or [take] Flight. When [i] Make The Decision, The Backache Goes Away.

The Securitisation Of Mortgages Added A New Dimension Of Systemic Risk. Financial Engineers Claimed They Were Reducing Risks Through Geographic Diversification: In Fact They Were Increasing Them By Creating An Agency Problem. The Agents Were More Interested In Maximising Fee Income Than In Protecting The Interests Of Bondholders. That Is The Verity That Was Ignored By Regulators And Market Participants Alike.

Of Course, Speculation Will Always Make A Crisis Worse. If There Is A Weak Point, It Will Expose It.

Discount The Obvious, Bet On The Unexpected

In Certain Circumstances, Financial Markets Can Affect The So-called Fundamentals Which They Are Supposed To Reflect. When That Happens, Markets Enter Into A State Of Dynamic Disequilibrium And Behave Quite Differently From What Would Be Considered Normal By The Theory Of Efficient Markets. Such Boom/bust Sequences Do Not Arise Very Often, But When They Do, They Can Be Very Disruptive, Exactly Because They Affect The Fundamentals Of The Economy.