Your money's in Joe's house . . And in the Kennedy house, and Mrs. Macklin's house, and a hundred others. Why, you're lending them the money to build, and then, they're going to pay it back to you as best they can. If we are given all the information, most of us will act rationally. The rational will put social pressure on the irrational.
Omissions can be deadly.
The United States government is downplaying the threat of Y2K because they fear that we will act irrationally and disrupt the economy. What an awful balancing act - tell us about Y2K but don't disrupt the economy. If Y2K really does cause disruptions, even for a short time, people can die from cold, hunger or lack of water or sanitation. The government should tell us there may be disruptions in the infrastructure due to Y2K related failures. Tell us we may be without any or all of the basic services they depend on for an hour, a day or longer.