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analog31 on Dec 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Much of what investment bankers do is socially wor...

I've seen "too big to fail" apply to projects within businesses as well.

mathattack on Dec 4, 2013 [–]

Yes. Sometimes people forget than money already spent is a sunk cost. This is endemic in IT projects. "We have to get this in, we've already spent $20 million, and they'll fire us if we have nothing to show for it." Famous last words...

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