The problem was separating risk from reward, those who took the risks were rewarded no matter what the outcome. The CEO's who should have reined it in would be rewarded anyway, the risks were often hidden and sold as safe investments to dupes, often with government connivance.
-----Original Message----- >From: AlunFoto <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 6, 2009 6:03 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: OT - Obviously not a H2G2 fan > >2009/2/6 Luiz Felipe <[email protected]>: >> Ok, maybe I'm just heavy-handed, but I'm willing to try tar and feathers, or >> perhaps exposing in stocks as reward for the too-wise-politician and >> too-fearsome-economist. > >Well... I'm certainly no economist, but I got the impression that >excessive risk-taking, particularly with other people's money, was one >of the main reasons why things got screwed this time. Again. Just like >at the end of the YAP-age in -89. > >I'd cheer a precise administration of tar and feathers though. :-) > >Jostein > >-- >http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- I want to die peacfuly in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming like the passengers in his car... Will Shriner -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
