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  • judychiang 12:51 pm on October 29, 2013
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    Banks are the decision makers and they responsible for the money they lend out and the possible crisis

     
  • Collin Singer 10:49 am on October 29, 2013
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    The securitization chain is at fault, because it made lenders not care if loans went bad, because the responsibility was with the banks

     
  • jpoon 10:47 am on October 29, 2013
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    Debts that cannot be paid off from both the government and the general population.

     
  • xinjiang 10:36 am on October 29, 2013
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    Government overused expansionary monetary policy.

     
  • katbhuynh 10:36 am on October 29, 2013
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    the banks are responsible for lending money without doing background checks of the financial position of the borrowers

     
  • William Liaw 10:35 am on October 29, 2013
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    Banks are responsible as they approved the loans with limited research on the borrowers

     
  • jiaxinlyu 10:31 am on October 29, 2013
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    Banks are responsible for offering money to borrowers, because they did not know the full background information of borrowers.

     
  • Yang Yi (Emily) Chen 10:29 am on October 29, 2013
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    Banks because they approved loans without fully evaluating borrowers’ abilities to pay back.

     
  • jiatongzhou 10:28 am on October 29, 2013
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    The bank is responsible for giving out money and the money they lend out could cause a crisis.

     
  • jaehsong 10:28 am on October 29, 2013
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    The government caused financial crisis, because they were the ones that ultimately intervened and messed up the economy.

     
  • Regine Chew 10:27 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks as they did not consider whether its clients could pay back the loan they borrowed.

     
  • sheimarezai 10:27 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks were mainly responsible for the crisis as they loaned risky loans and packed it to CDO and sold it for a quick profit.

     
  • kamilkhan 10:27 am on October 29, 2013
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    If the government had put some restrictions what kind of loans banks could give out, the crisis wouldn’t have occurred.

     
  • Jiaxin Fang 10:27 am on October 29, 2013
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    government increased the interest rates of loan, banks then lend out more money without evaluating the ability of people to return money

     
  • Jiaqi ZHAI 10:27 am on October 29, 2013
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    Many banks and financial institutions do not control on the amount of credit send out and background investigation.

     
  • Melissa (Shi Yuan) Wu 10:27 am on October 29, 2013
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    Financial regulations weren’t strict enough allowing for banks to act irresponsibly.

     
  • minshengchew 10:27 am on October 29, 2013
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    government did not crack down on big risk being taken by these financial institutions

     
  • nanxizhao 10:26 am on October 29, 2013
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    it’s the banks’ fault because they are the decision makers. They decide to give money or not. Lack background check causes the crisis.

     
  • Xuning Zhu 10:26 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks made risky loans to people and they did not think seriously whether these people were able to pay it back.

     
  • cameronlawrence 10:26 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks because they gave out loans to those who couldn’t afford to pay them back

     
  • clairepourbaix 10:26 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks were lending out money to people without checking whether or not they could pay it back

     
  • enagan 10:26 am on October 29, 2013
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    government made policies/regulations/intervention which altered the financial markets

     
  • intansalim 10:26 am on October 29, 2013
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    The government because they supposed to manage or control the expenses

     
  • alvinialao 10:26 am on October 29, 2013
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    Banks had minimal equity to deal with arising problems.

     
  • kimdomil 10:26 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks are responsible because without effective checks, they gave loans to people who had no way of paying it back.

     
  • omarvirani 10:25 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks were irresponsible and didn’t do enough prior research before giving out loans.

     
  • Winnie Ng 10:25 am on October 29, 2013
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    Banks who lent out money are at fault because they gave out loans to people without thoroughly assessing if they could pay it back or not

     
  • hebaili 10:25 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks are responsible because they give large amount of loans to people without analysis that people may not be able to pay back.

     
  • Chengzhi(Vincent) Li 10:25 am on October 29, 2013
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    The banks, because they should’t lend money to people who may not be able to return.

     
  • guangyowlow 10:25 am on October 29, 2013
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    I believe the cause was from the bank as they didn’t do proper background check and borrowed money out irresponsibly.

     
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