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That's actually another good way to say it, and is sort of what I said. But, not everyone has the same risk tolerance so it can't be the sole cause otherwise people would have done it sooner than 2009. Another contributing factor is corporations taking advantage of the commons. Combine the two and you get our current situation.


For the newer/younger readers, I believe that "commons" refers to this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons




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