If We Don’t Measure Leverage, We Risk More Crises
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Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- You can’t control what you don’tmeasure.
In engineering, control theory is all about usinginformation gained by measuring a system to plan and carry outintelligent actions that will control it. Ideally, it leads todesirable outcomes, such as a nuclear reactor that doesn’t meltdown, or a robotic arm that does precisely what it is supposedto do.