Two facts on Basel I, II and III

The first fact is that since banks are allowed to hold less capital, and therefore to leverage the risk-adjusted margins more on their capital, and therefore to obtain much higher expected returns on equity when lending to what is perceived as “safe” than when lending to what is perceived as “risky”, current regulations are completely distorting our financial system. 

That has caused banks to create excessive exposures to what was erroneously perceived as risky, like in AAA rated securities, Greece, real estate, and to refrain from lending to those in the real economy perceived as “risky”, like small businesses and entrepreneurs. 

The second fact is that the first fact is not even mentioned, much less discussed.