Throughout the day on Tuesday, there were reports of exchanges crashing across the country, which would suggest that there are quite a few Americans interested in what the ACA might have to offer them.
In the financial crises of 1997-98, the middle ground was weakened: pegged exchange rates crashed from Bangkok to Brasilia.
When the Toronto exchange's computers crashed a few minutes before the close of trading this past Wednesday, for example, Versus was effectively crippled as well because as an exchange member, it could not trade.
When volumes in Japan finally picked up, they caught the TSE off-guard: on a couple of occasions in late 2005 and early 2006 the exchange's systems crashed, a deep embarrassment.As importantly, much of the financial innovation that has swept over other financial centres in recent years has passed Japan by.
It joined the Common Market late, adopted Europe's fixed-exchange-rate system late, crashed out of it in 1992, and never adopted the euro as its currency.
That 8m enrolled is a victory for Democrats, particularly given the disastrous launch of the health exchanges in October (they crashed, and people who wanted to use them to buy insurance found they couldn't).
They provided "B2B" software and exchanges, and before everything crashed, had a combined market cap of more than $60 billion.
But they will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy.
"Oh," Mr. Swaab said, recounting an early exchange, "you can crash here.
"They will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy," Mr. Obama vowed in the East Room, a week before his second inauguration.
