Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West offers his view on the government bailout of "too big to fail" banks. He explains that while the bailouts were counterproductive from a Darwinian view of economics, it was also symptomatic of a wider governmental ignorance concerning science. "The people making decisions rarely talk to scientists," says West. "They do talk to economists, which may be the problem."

Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West offers his view on the government bailout of "too big to fail" banks. He explains that while the bailouts were counterproductive from a Darwinian view of economics, it was also symptomatic of a wider governmental ignorance concerning science. "The people making decisions rarely talk to scientists," says West. "They do talk to economists, which may be the problem."