Ben Bernanke actually said...

The belief by market participants that some firms may be too big to fail has many undesirable effects.

Bernanke addresses the moral hazard of banks being deemed too big to fail.

12/02/2009

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I personally understand this issue because I grew up in an unbanked family.

The government can provide various incentives, encouragements, to banks to do what in many cases is really in their own interest.

I agree with you about remittances. That has been an interest of mine for some time.

It is my belief that if we had not acted, if Congress had not supported our actions to stabilize the system...