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robertreich.blogspot.com - 9/19/2008
The Bailout of All Bailouts is a Bad Idea
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Talk today about the Bailouts of All Bailouts eased market fears and generated a giant rally on the Street, but how realistic is it? On Capitol Hill, Senator Charles Schumer suggested that government inject funds into financial companies in exchange for equity stakes and pledges to rewrite ...
thekirkreport.com - 9/17/2008
Bailouts Are Band-Aids
— thekirkreport.com — Wall Street Woes | Archives | No Easy Answers Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Bailouts Are Band-Aids Though it is difficult to recognize, an economic crisis is a really good thing. It cleans up the system, destroys the excess, and it brings valuations ... (more) Bailouts Are Band-Aids
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safehaven.com - 9/26/2008
Will Heroic Bailouts Work?
— safehaven.com — The late bubble has been the greatest on record and is the accumulated consequence of 95 years of Fed stimulation. This shows up most directly as a 95% decline in the purchasing power of the dollar, and indirectly as a series of business expansions ... (more) Will Heroic Bailouts Work?
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To whom and for what?
Interfluidity — ... the events of the past few weeks have me twitchy and disoriented, reading obsessively but barely capable of drooling. I think I speak for a lot of us who've been on the pessimistic side of the financial blogosphere these last few years in saying I wish we had been wrong. (I wish the mighty who are now falling had paid us some mind, too.) Today's big news is the hint of a bail-out to end all bail-outs. I often have mixed feelings about Robert Reich's commentary, but I commend to you his piece today . There is no question that we are going to spend a lot of public money to ...

US government plan drives market surge
The Skeptical Speculator — ... Today's big news is the hint of a bail-out to end all bail-outs. I often have mixed feelings about Robert Reich's commentary, but I commend to you his piece today. ...

Tracking NYSE TICK and Other Ideas for a Volatile Week
TraderFeed — ... ; Why the rescue is a bad idea; My Demand/Supply measure of short-term stock momentum hit an upside record level on Friday; Wonder why it seems as though permabear sites are screaming loudest against the rescue plan; Homebuilder shares hit their highest levels since May on Friday after holding well above their July lows on the recent decline. ...

What $700 billion could buy
BuzzMachine — ... that would in some ways treat the bailout like a bankruptcy reorganization. Robert Reich has a similar suggestion for a “giant workout of Wall Street.” Here’s Don Tapscott calling for ...

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