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No. The heart of the crisis is people believing they can easily make money by investing in a product they don't understand. I can sell a CDO on CDS in Bitcoin, and make a lot of money while the buyers are all getting screwed. And they will be even more screwed as nobody will print cash to cover or limit their losses.


The people who invested in CDOs SHOULD get screwed.

The rest of us who weren't stupid enough to do that shouldn't be forced to cover their losses.

That's the point.


What you are describing is a moral hazard. A situation where people will take risks they wouldn't normally take because they know they will be bailed out if they lose money.




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