slate.com - 10/1/2008
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The Wall Street bailout is alive again. In an effort to make the $700 billion bailout palatable, the architects of the law have larded it up with all sorts of goodies, such as increasing the levels of deposit insurance, sparing some taxpayers the ravages of the Alternative Minimum Tax, and ...
canadiancapitalist.com - 10/4/2008
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canadiancapitalist.com —
There is a lot of public anger on
the $700 billion dollar bailout that is being proposed...
by the Bush Administration. The typical reaction is why bail out well-paid fat cats on Wall Street, who are responsible for the current mess anyway. While it is ...
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Why Bailout Wall Street?
newsweek.com - 10/2/2008
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newsweek.com —
The Wall Street bailout is alive again. In
an effort to make the $700 billion bailout palatable,...
the architects of the law have larded it up with all sorts of goodies, such as increasing the levels of deposit insurance, sparing some taxpayers the ...
(more)
Hedge Fund Nation: How We’re Becoming Wall St. Investors ...
financialpost.com - 10/7/2008
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financialpost.com —
So much for all those predictions that the
markets would begin to recover once members of the...
U. S. House of Representatives summoned the courage to resist the populist outcry and vote for Hank Paulson's $700-billion rescue plan. Whatever the ...
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Paulson's scheme
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How the bailout scheme is like a hedge fund.
Slate Magazine —
... bailout is alive again. In an effort to make the $700 billion bailout palatable, the architects of the law have larded it up with all sorts of goodies, such as increasing the levels of deposit insurance, sparing some taxpayers the ravages of the Alternative Minimum Tax, and extending tax breaks for alternative energy. Henry Paulson's three-page sprig has sprouted into a 451-page Christmas tree. (The current version of the bill, in all its lengthy glory, can be seen here.) [more ...]
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links for 2008-10-02
Economist's View —
... - Willem Buiter
Crunch This - Capital Gains and Games
First, Let's Stabilize Home Prices - WSJ.com
Recessions kill (some) - Stumbling and Mumbling
Harnessing windfall revenues in developing economies - Vox EU
Paulson's plan places too much burden on taxpayers - Avinash Persaud
My views on the crisis - Tyler Cowen
The Price of Disgust - Freakonomics
How the bailout scheme is like a hedge fund - Daniel Gross ...
Thursday links: benchmarks matter
Abnormal Returns —
... How the bailout is just like the world’s largest hedge fund. (Slate.com) ...
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