Die Beobachtung, wonach die meisten involvierten Institutionen - Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, das GSE Freddie Mac, AIG, WaMu, und Wachovia – von den Glass-Steagall-Bestimmungen nicht betroffen waren, stellt deren zentrale Bedeutung in Frage.
The observation that most of the institutions involved – Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, the GSE Freddie Mac, AIG, WaMu, and Wachovia – were not covered by Glass-Steagall calls into question its centrality.