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You're right, private actors would never voluntarily

Posted on: April 8, 2012 at 19:29:18 CT
ummmm MU
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use their capital in this fashion. Why? Because its's a horrible investment, perpetuating a problem that has not properly corrected.

But, the government can certainly force other people's capital into that bad investment. And that is just what's happening. There is nothing free about that market.
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          keeping interest rates low has done the opposite - Gadfly MU - 4/8 19:20:10
               Note my clever use of the word "prolonging".(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 4/8 20:09:12
               'less is more' when it comes to the correct econ approach - kbit MU - 4/8 19:52:43
     Having a central bank that manipulates interest rates - ummmm MU - 4/8 18:59:13
          they needed to be bailed out - Gadfly MU - 4/8 19:22:09
               You just defined the bankruptcy process - ummmm MU - 4/8 19:25:43
                    that is not the bankruptcy process - Gadfly MU - 4/8 19:27:30
                         You're right, private actors would never voluntarily - ummmm MU - 4/8 19:29:18
                              nm - ummmm MU - 4/9 09:26:06
                              I take it you skipped class the week they covered - Fat Drunk and Stupid MU - 4/9 02:31:52
                                   Go ahead and enlighten me, professor - ummmm MU - 4/9 09:26:40
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                                        market equilibrium cliche is a fantasy - Gadfly MU - 4/8 21:39:23
                                             you have weird fantasies - SoCalTigr UM - 4/8 22:05:51
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          He isn't saying that, because that would be - GA Tiger MU - 4/8 19:10:16
               i disagreed with them about how to do the bailout - Gadfly MU - 4/8 19:24:57
                    Recapitalized? What the hell was the bailout? - GA Tiger MU - 4/8 20:11:20
                         the stimulus was not massive - Gadfly MU - 4/9 00:30:20
                              Sure. Reward total irresponsibility again. That is - GA Tiger MU - 4/9 07:16:38




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