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Nouriel Roubini Says Nationalizing the Banks Is the Market-Friendly Solution
TUNKU VARADARAJAN New York Nouriel Roubini is always dressed in black-and-white. I have known him for nearly two years, and have seen him in a variety of situations -- en route to class at New York University's Stern Business School, where he's a professor; over a glass of wine in his boyish ...
The Case for Nationalizing the Entire Economy
The Case for Nationalizing the Entire Economy
time.com — The advocates for nationalizing U.S. banks have been out in force recently. Senator Lindsay Graham, who almost... certainly does not have a PhD in economics or finance told ABC News that banks were in such deep trouble that government ownership of the ... (more) The Case for Nationalizing the Entire Economy
Roubini: Fully Nationalizing Citi and Bank of America Would Be Better
finance.yahoo.com — Friday's announcement the government will convert up to $25 billion of its Citigroup preferred stock into common... equity represents Uncle Sam's third direct attempt to rescue the floundering bank.The conversion would give the government up to 36% control o (more) Roubini: Fully Nationalizing Citi and Bank of America ...
ABC This Week on Nationalizing Banks
calculatedriskblog.com — Krugman and Roubini participated in a roundtable discussion on ABC This Week. Here is the video .... The panelists discuss nationalization of the banks, stress tests, the housing bailout, and the proposed Obama budget. I haven't seen a transcript yet, ... (more) ABC This Week on Nationalizing Banks
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Economic Principals — ... How’s the US banking crisis going to end? Nouriel Roubini, of New York University, has taken the lead in urging the Swedish solution, namely government receivership: take ’em over, clean ’em up and sell ’em back to the private sector, preferably in pieces. Others, including Chris Whalen, of Institutional Risk Manager, argue that ...

Government, the Downturn, and Responsibility (by Don Boudreaux)
Cafe Hayek — ... "The Weekend Interview with Nouriel Roubini: 'Nationalize' the Banks" (Feb. 21) once again demonstrates that the credibility of economists is inversely related to their level of celebrity and their proximity to political power. To paraphrase Lord Acton: Celebrity corrupts, and political celebrity corrupts absolutely. Mr. Roubini tells us that markets fail and have failed to clear because of excesses, greed and irrational exuberance. ...

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