The Financial Crisis and America’s Casino Culture - NYTimes.com

Interesting. The Financial Crisis and America’s Casino Culture - NYTimes.com: "“It goes all the way back to George Washington,” said Robert Shiller, the Yale economist who warned of the Internet and real estate bubbles, and whose book, “Irrational Exuberance,” remains a seminal text on Americans’ tendency to believe in good times. “Washington said regulation should be done with a light hand. The