…the result of the dramatic agreement is that Greece hasn’t promised further austerity in exchange for a bailout and the rest of Europe hasn’t promised a bailout. They have delayed…

…preserved. Her valid point is that the crisis caused huge losses, even though the bailout added less than nothing to those losses. She argues that planning future bailouts with profit…

…bailout — participation is voluntary. There is a low incentive cost of not rewarding effort and risk taking when there is an unforseen disaster. (the word unforseen is doing all…

“The Rural Slush Fund” for healthcare that will be used to aid marginal Republicans during elections. Merrill Goozner GoozNews How the $50 billion bailout for rural health care providers will…

This is why we don’t believe the bailout will work the way you think it will (i.e., to increase lending): Recently, securities rated AAA have changed hands for roughly 30…

…Note also that, in supporting the AIGFP fiasco/deals, the U.S. can reduce the overall size of the bailout needed while ensuring that domestic entities retain full access to capital markets….

…NYT arguing tht we owe our current plight in large part to the “bailout” (I use the term advisedly) ten years ago of Long-Term Capital Mangement (link). But the point…

…it in the poorest light possible—since a bailout is necessary,** and targeted bailout isn’t going to work.*** Let’s just say #2 sticks in my craw a bit. Especially if you’re…

…of its midwestern back yard. Fearing the future of the automotive industry was leaving Detroit, the state’s political class swung into action. Four months later, lawmakers responded by handing a…

…sands means that the oil industry is undergoing a major structural change. Use to be that one of the thing that made the oil industry very unique was that virtually…