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On Nationalization

I’m a little late getting to read this very provocative new Atlantic piece by a former chief economist at the IMF, but it is an absolute must read as we continue to flinch at these massive banks and their massive problems. It has also been making the rounds and causing quite a bit of secondary discussion on most of the good blogs. I’ll let this summary do the work and hopefully pique your interest:

The crash has laid

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Dangerous Business

I was reading this post about how nationalization of certain banks could play out and the challenges Obama faces in devising a viable solution for the banking crisis. Suddenly a quote from Lord of the Rings popped into my head: "It’s a dangerous business…going out your door. You step out onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to."

Dangerous business , indeed:

The nationalization conversation has, probably

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