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Teachers & SchoolsFoolishness and Folly
After finishing The Big Short, there's just one question we're left asking—was the 2008 stock market crash caused by heartless scammers or straight-up idiots? On the one hand, there's a ton of fraudulent activity in the lead-up to this disaster, most of which was obviously done on purpose. On the other, we meet countless individuals who seem like they're trying to do the right thing but simply lack the brain space to do so. So which way do you land on this one? And here's an even better question for you: does it make a difference either way?
It ultimately doesn't matter if the subprime crisis was caused by foolishness or not, as the damage done to the American public is the same either way.
It matters whether the subprime crisis was caused by foolishness (or not) because that directly affects the way that the government responds to it.