By Simon Johnson, co-author of 13 Bankers
In our continuing financial debate, one of the central myths – put about by big banks and also not seriously disputed by the administration – is that reining in “too big to fail” banks is in some sense an “anti-market” approach.
Speaking on CNBC at the end last week, Gene Fama – probably one of the most pro-market economists left standing – pointed out that this view is nonsense. (The clip is here, and also on Greg Mankiw’s blog; TBTF is the focus from about the 5:50 minute mark.)
Having banks that are Too Big To Fail, according to Fama, is “perverting activities and incentives” in financial markets – giving big financial firms,
“a license to increase risk; where the taxpayers will bear the downside and firms will bear the upside.”
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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