canicemcavoy
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/opinion/08krugman.html
He sums it up as: irrational exhuberance, cheap credit, a no-lose situation for the banks, and a complete failure on the part of regulators. Nothing anyone with their eyes open for the last decade would have failed to see.
But no, of course it was impossible to see it coming. As Bertie said: "Lehman's testicles were everywhere."
"In Ireland, regulators looked the other way in part because the country was trying to attract foreign business, in part because of cronyism: bankers and property developers had close ties to the ruling party."
He sums it up as: irrational exhuberance, cheap credit, a no-lose situation for the banks, and a complete failure on the part of regulators. Nothing anyone with their eyes open for the last decade would have failed to see.
But no, of course it was impossible to see it coming. As Bertie said: "Lehman's testicles were everywhere."