>substitute "mortgage" in this sentence, think back on events of the last decade, and you can see what is horribly wrong with this article. Plenty of people pr

>substitute "mortgage" in this sentence, think back on events of the last decade, and you can see what is horribly wrong with this article. Plenty of people properly modelled sub-prime mortgages, and made bets accordingly. Corporations are pretty good at modelling cash-flow, too. I think you're conflating "an inability to do so" with "caring about the results".