The government is actually driving inflation AND deflation (in the banks) right now - along with foolish, greedy derivatives traders.
It was a business risk.
All business growth is based on taking risk.
Without it we would have a recession possibly followed by a depression.
It was a risk that cost them their businesses.
It would have helped if the FED hadn't forced
all the banks to put all this bad paper on
the market in the first place.