And the idea has taken hold that the Enrons and WorldComs are not aberrations, but rather the inevitable by-products of a system that plays to people's worst impulses: greed, cynicism and selfishness.
In the name of "fairness, " preventing future Enrons, and increased oversight, Congress, the SEC and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have piled burdens onto the economy that put entrepreneurship at risk.