too big to fail
a concept that certain corporations or financial institutions are so large and interconnected that their failure would be disastrous to the greater economic system, and that they therefore must be supported by government when facing potential failure
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too big to fail
Summary
too big to fail is a concept[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (585 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- too big to fail's image is recorded as Mining in Mezhdurechensk.jpg[3].
- too big to fail's instance of is recorded as concept[4].
- too big to fail's subclass of is recorded as enterprise[5].
- too big to fail's subclass of is recorded as company[6].
- too big to fail's subclass of is recorded as externality[7].
- too big to fail's Commons category is recorded as Too big to fail[8].
- too big to fail's industry is recorded as economics[9].
- too big to fail's industry is recorded as finance[10].
- too big to fail's industry is recorded as armed forces[11].
- too big to fail's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pw7nl[12].
- too big to fail's facet of is recorded as systematic risk[13].
- too big to fail's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1230jzm2[14].
- too big to fail's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780421641[15].
- too big to fail's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Too_big_to_fail[16].
- too big to fail's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780421641[17].
Why It Matters
too big to fail ranks in the top 8% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (585 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]