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The idea that because every institution is entangled, the whole economy would collapse if enough homeowners and banks defaulted.
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too big to fail
The idea that because every institution is entangled, the whole economy would collapse if enough homeowners and banks defaulted.
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CDOs packaged subprime mortgages as investments because monthly mortgage payments seemed reliable under too-big-to-fail assumptions.
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"...one was concerned about default because of the idea of too big to fail. Which means that, look, the system is structured so that..."
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"Okay? Now the institutions are supposed to take this money and promote more liquidity in the system. But instead what they do is they..."
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"...bail us out if we all go bankrupt because we're too big to fail and all our friends are in government. Okay? That's their..."
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