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Economy In Recession: The Cost of Allowing Lehman Brothers to Fail
The failure of Lehman Brothers is seen as the last straw that broke the credit market. Did Paulson make a big mistake?
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Tagged AIG, bailout, bankruptcy, banks, Bear Sterns, Christine LaGarde, credit crisis, credit markets, Dow Jones, economy, Federal Reserve, financial markets, German regulator, global economy, Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, Janet Yellen, Jochen Saio, Lehman, Lehman Brothers, markets, money, Morgan Stanley, recession, stocks, U.S. economy, u.s. stocks, U.S. Treasury, Wall Street, wells fargo
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To Bailout or Not to Bailout: Is Free Market Economics Sustainable?
In view of the current Wall Street crisis, America’s credibility as a bastion of free markets has come under the radar. The Fed’s recent bailout of AIG, Fannie and Freddie are perceived by many as a free market detour.
The government’s latest bailout news involves a plan to make the biggest intervention in the financial markets since the 1930s. Central to this plan would be a mechanism to bad assets off the balance sheets of financial companies or instead perhaps to create a federal insurance for investors in the money market funds. Additionally, the Securities and Exchange Commission is getting ready to propose a temporary ban on short selling financial stocks.
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Tagged AIG, bailout, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, free market economy, great depression, Lehman Brothers, Wall Street, wall street crash
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