[Theodores]

The two motivators in this story: fear and greed.

The people have the motivation of greed, the government has the motivation of fear. Fear that the greed will lead to fear of losses and everyone exiting at the same time. It is a bit sad really as the governments should just let the people wanting to get burned in this harmless bubble lose all of their money.

[harigov]

Yeah, when the population is educated and has general awareness of technology, betting on ponzi schemes is up to them. When you have large, uneducated and poor population, letting people know of the risks is a decent thing to expect from a government.