The Great Financial Crisis

The Treasury Secretary

The system is too important to fail. You will force the nine CEOs to take the money.

The Mortgage Broker

You get paid when you close. What happens next is someone else's problem.

The Pension Fund Manager

Your fiduciary duty is to chase yield. The ratings say these are safe.

The Homeowner

They said you could afford this house. The American Dream is a thirty-year mortgage.