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eruyesterday at 9:53 AM1 replyview on HN

What kind of default risk?

What we got in 2008 was central banks (eg Fed and ECB) willfully collapsing nominal GDP in their economies. Have a look at the dot-com bust or Black Monday for comparison.


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pjc50yesterday at 9:57 AM

> willfully collapsing nominal GDP

What on earth are you talking about?

The credit risk was a very real problem; Kaupthing, Anglo Irish, RBS, Lehman etc.

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