Teenagers often struggle with an overwhelming sense that nobody likes them, that they're not as good as other people, that they are failures, losers, ugly or unintelligent.
Taxpayers may thus pay over the odds and Banks may be rewarded for their stupidity. Yet these costs seem small against the benefit of putting a floor under the markets.
Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul.