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There’s definitely an unholy relationship between banks, rating agencies, and regulators. Just like Art appraisers, agreeable ones eat a lot better than skeptical ones.

But it also reminds me of the joke: if the Pope tells you he believes in God that just means he’s doing his job. If he tells you he’s beginning to have doubts, maybe he’s onto something.

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In US Law (Hearsay doctrine) that's called "admission against interest". Demonstrably self-harming statements are presumed to be honest. (The ways this can be abused by liars are interesting. Example: a parent confessing to a crime their child committed.)

I just realized it’s really easy to upvote a comment accidentally while scrolling on my phone with my left thumb (I’m a lefty). But what the heck, I like that joke.

You should have been here before the "unvote/undown" links (which, BTW, might be what you're looking for: it's on the same line as the comment header). "Apologies for the downvote, on mobile", "why isn't there undo for votes?", etc. A lot like discussions when a paywalled article comes up. :-)

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