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Recapitalized? What the hell was the bailout?

Posted on: April 8, 2012 at 20:11:20 CT

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The rest I won't argue except for the massive fiscal stimulus which WE'VE ALREADY DONE.

But then, more is NEVER enough for a demlib. Especially one who quotes krugman every day.

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the fed didn't securitize a single mortgage - Gadfly MU - 4/8 18:01:22

question is would there have been dot-com and real estate - kbit MU - 4/8 19:47:34

there wouldn't have been a major financial crisis - Gadfly MU - 4/8 21:37:12

If the gov't hadn't almost forced banks to - GA Tiger MU - 4/9 07:13:37

this argument over frank v dereg is a wash imo - kbit MU - 4/9 07:34:29

Certainly many factors at play. But what started the - GA Tiger MU - 4/9 07:42:27

by your logic there should not have been econ cycles at all - kbit MU - 4/9 05:54:58

But the fed IS prolonging the pain and - GA Tiger MU - 4/8 19:09:32

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

the only way we can prevent wall street's financial crises - Gadfly MU - 4/8 19:38:38

This isn't an academic exercise - ummmm MU - 4/8 19:48:09

market equilibrium cliche is a fantasy - Gadfly MU - 4/8 21:39:23

you have weird fantasies - SoCalTigr UM - 4/8 22:05:51

Well - Panthera MU - 4/9 16:57:05

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