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Gambling with the Planet / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Project Syndicate, 6/04/2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/stiglitz137/EnglishThe consequences of the Japanese earthquake – especially the  ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant – resonate grimly  for observers of the American financial crash that precipitated the  Great Recession. Both events provide stark lessons about risks, and  about how badly markets and societies can manage them.Of course,  in one sense, there is no comparison between the tragedy of the  earthquake – which has left more than 25,000 people dead or missing –  and the financial crisis, to which no such acute physical suffering can  be attributed. But when it comes to the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima,  there is a common theme in the two events...