…asked the Federal Reserve for permission to repay a combined $20 billion in federal bailout money. 6/17/09 JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley cut ties with government In separate statements, Morgan Stanley…

…last paragraphs — how the big incompetent banks and their very pricey bailouts are screwing these small healthy banks: “Isn’t that the American way?” [Donald E. Goetz, the president of…

…adjusted surplus/deficit: unified deficit adjusted to “high employment,” i.e., removes effect (+ and – ) of business cycle on revenues and outlays; i.e., removes effect of “automatic stabilizers” 5. Standardized…

…explain the decision to require that the fund managers in their bank bailout plan must be headquartered in the United States. I can’t wait to see the outraged and condescending…

…the money is tiny compared to the cost of the bailout and not worth the bother (this is not at all Scheiber’s argument). The sense is that this would be…

…Financial Armageddon, and no Baker. Our own posts would get a boost, but I am not sure in what way. Thoughts? Update 2: I like the Bailout linkfest at TPM…

…Samwick’s tepid endorsement: Congress and the Obama Administration should be very discriminating in what they will spend money on. Bailout money for banks and large firms should go. Every piece…

…[Restoring confidence] may be President Obama’s most important bailout task: to educate the country that there is no easy escape here, except taking our medicine, getting our fundamentals right again…

I am reliably informed (though I cannot find it on the web) that Forbes yesterday and MSNBC today are both referring to the next kleptocratic maneuverbank bailout bill as the…

…the cost of the war? The cost of the bailout? The cost of the stimulus package? Nope apparently those are just short term problems. Instead as always the first stop…