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Fragilistas often have several misconceptions about the economy and the banking system. They tend to view the economy as a machine that can be easily manipulated and fixed. This oversimplification ignores the complex, dynamic nature of economic systems. In the banking system, fragilistas often apply risk models that, while theoretically sound, can lead to the system's destruction when they fail to account for unpredictable factors and the inherent uncertainty of financial markets.
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We must also talk about 'fragilistas,' that category of people who mistake the unknown for the nonexistent, who overestimate the reach of scientific knowledge, and who pride themselves on being 'rational.' A medical fragilista is someone who underestimates the body's ability to heal itself; a policy fragilista thinks the economy is a machine that can be tinkered with and 'fixed'; and a financial fragilista is someone who forces onto the banking system risk models that end up destroying that system.
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