Jiang's bailout logic: actors who do not suffer consequences for bad risk become more reckless.
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moral hazard
Jiang's bailout logic: actors who do not suffer consequences for bad risk become more reckless.
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Key Notes
The idea that people repeat mistakes if they face no consequences; Jiang says it was applied to homeowners but not banks.
Private credit is described as a parasite bubble created by moral hazard after 2008, because lenders expect the government to rescue them if bad loans fail.
The bailout logic applied moral hazard asymmetrically: banks received rescue money while ordinary homeowners were denied help because they supposedly needed consequences.
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"...bailed them out. Right? They suffered no consequences. This idea of moral hazard. If you do not suffer consequences for your stupidity, well, you're..."
"So, they're giving out lots and lots of silly loans to companies because they collect the fees. For these loans, right? And then, when..."
"...them out and save them, then you create a problem called moral hazard. The idea of moral hazard is if you don't have any..."
"...them as well? And do you know what Larry Summers said? Moral hazard, guys. Do you understand? Moral hazard? If we help out these..."
"...refuse to reign, refusing to accept as great a share of hazard as of honor do alike to him who reigns, and so much..."
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