Sometimes even more so: after the rescue of Bear Stearns in March 2008 but before Lehman's collapse, Morgan Stanley was reportedly told by supervisors at the Federal Reserve that its doomsday scenario was too bearish.

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Those higher up the chains of command in such organisations also sometimes genuinely want to help, but even more so want to protect their staff.

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