'A Race to the Bottom': Assigning Responsibility for the Financial Crisis
Dec 24, 2009
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By Knowledge@Wharton.com
The global financial meltdown has been marked by shortages—of oversight, due diligence, moral fortitude, and common sense. Today, approximately two years after the housing bubble burst and world stock markets collapsed, possibly the only surplus left from the crisis is that of finger-pointing and blame.