newyorker.com - 3/24/2009
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Most of what’s been written about Tim Geithner’s plan for a public-private partnership to purchase toxic assets from banks has been, unsurprisingly, negative, since Geithner’s plan does not involve the preferred solution of most bloggers and pundits: nationalizing the banks. But there are some ...
roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/24/2009
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roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com —
Paul Krugman, Simon Johnson, Brad DeLong and Mark
Thoma on the government plan to buy up bad
mortgage assets.
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Will the Geithner Plan Work?
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"Which Plan is Best?" Follow-Up: Who Can At Least Tolerate the Geithner Plan?
Economist's View —
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Who Can At Least Tolerate the Geithner Plan?, by James Surowiecki: Most of
what’s been written about Tim Geithner’s plan ... has been, unsurprisingly,
negative, since Geithner’s plan does not involve the preferred solution of most
bloggers and pundits: nationalizing the banks. But there are some interesting
exceptions. The most useful post in terms of understanding the thinking behind
the plan is Brad DeLong’s ...
Tuesday links: power plays
Abnormal Returns —
... What are the second-order effects of the PPIP and the various other government plans to support the economy? (finem respice)
The market for mortgage-backed securities is not functioning properly. Can the government really help? (Slate.com, Free exchange)
Making the best of a flawed plan. (Economist’s View, The Balance Sheet)
“Of course the whole notion of repairing bank ...
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