Maybe. But the banks have a relentlessly resourceful profit motive. More likely, the regulators were more keen to hang them out to dry for not cooperating with

Maybe. But the banks have a relentlessly resourceful profit motive. More likely, the regulators were more keen to hang them out to dry for not cooperating with LTCM. Also, Bear Stearns always was a much smaller and weaker institution. Maybe they simply couldn't afford the risk then and now.