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Quid Pro Quo: Bank bailouts had positive returns. Mt. Gox collapsing was a worse wealth loss than bank bail outs, by far.
> Bank bailouts had positive returns. Compared to what? You can't compare it to the results of not having done bailouts, so the comparison is largely a matter of economic prediction, and economic prediction is obviously very controversial. The only non-controversial part is that the bailouts were certainly very good for the banks receiving them.
The bail outs stabilized the currency in lieu of massive wealth loss (e.g. toxic debt), while not adding to transnational costs because the returns were positive.
Most bitcoin evangelists fail to grasp the negative impact that volatility has on currencies, and instead think of bitcoins like assets, even hording them.