· the Fed and the Treasury decided to let Lehman Brothers go into uncontrolled bankruptcy in order to try to teach financiers that having an ill-capitalized counterparty was not without risk, and that people should not expect the government to come to their rescue automatically.
• la Reserva Federal y la Tesorería decidieron permitir que Lehman Brothers quebrara de manera descontrolada para tratar de enseñarle a los financieros que tener una contraparte insuficientemente capitalizada conllevaba riesgos, y que la gente no debe esperar que el gobierno acuda a rescatarla automáticamente.