Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Context Phase
Professor William Black:
That is what I am saying. We are actually saying very similar things. It ends up being an insane decision. It was the worst possible decision that could be made, but in the circumstances one finds oneself - if the bankers are lying to you and the regulators are utterly incapable of seeing reality and, on top of that, are telling you that, tomorrow, the world ends unless you take this action - you are likely to take terrible actions. I think that our testimonies are consistent.