A(n) _____ is an economics argument claiming that an individual or business that is protected from risk will increase its risk-taking behavior in the future in the belief that a bailout will follow,if needed.

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A moral hazard is an economics argument claiming that an individual or business that is protected from risk will increase its risk-taking behavior in the future in the belief that a bailout will follow,if needed.That is,if these giant firms are "too big to fail" as federal decision makers apparently believed,they will in the future be able to operate in less disciplined ways because they can assume,based on the TARP experience,that they will be rescued if necessary for the country's welfare.

A(n) _____ Is an Economics Argument Claiming That an Individual