The problem with letting Lehman go under was not the concept but the execution.  The government should have moved in aggressively to cushion the workout of Lehman’s complex derivative book, even if this meant creative legal interpretations or pushing through new laws governing the financial system.  Admittedly, it is hard to do these things overnight, but there was plenty of warning.  The six months prior to Lehman saw a slow freezing up of global credit and incipient recessions in the US and Europe.  Yet little was done to prepare.
Stačilo záplatovat Lehmany, dál čerpat energii z Číny a nic hrozného se prý nikdy nemuselo stát.