Monday, October 15, 2012

A new favorite phrase..............

Faithful readers will know that "unintended consequences" are a favorite topic of this blog.  George Wills latest essay offers a new turn on that phrase.  Full essay is here.  Excerpt here:

"Endorsing the axiom (attributed to Napoleon) that one should 'never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence,' Fisher says that TBTF banks 'are sprawling and complex — so vast that their own management teams may not fully understand their own risk exposures, providing fertile ground for unintended ‘incompetence.’ ”

thanks maggies

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