The most seismic event of the crisis to date, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers last September, demonstrated the costs of letting a big financial institution collapse.

迄今最为震动的事件是去年9月雷曼兄弟破产，这很好地示范了让一个大型金融机构倒掉所付出的代价。

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And yet she had the self-confidence to berate Hank Paulson for letting Lehman Brothers fail.

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The sorry consequences of letting Lehman Brothers fail, which was intended to discourage moral hazard, showed that the middle of a crisis is not the time to get tough.

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Letting Lehman Brothers fail was also a blunder.

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