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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Three excellent posts

By Megan McArdle at Asymmetrical Information

How close was the financial system to melting down?
Living on borrowed prosperity
Why we need a bailout, even if not this bailout
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      • The Growth Blog
      • Nationalize Banking?
      • Financial consolidation
      • Why the TARP Failed
      • House to Wall Street: Drop Dead
      • Bailout Plan Fails
      • Why Goldman Survived (perhaps)
      • A Chronicle of the Week when Both Shoes Dropped
      • A Note of Optimism
      • What to do with Mortgage Backed Securities
      • Summers praises the TARP
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      • Crime and Crisis, Bursting Bubble
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      • Crime and Crisis, Opportunity
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      • And Afterwards, Change the Rules of Finance
      • Economists Weigh in on the Bailout
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      • The $700 Billion Question
      • The Key Issue of the Bailout
      • Capitalism and ... Skepticism?
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      • Diamond and Kashyap on the Crisis: A Must Read
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      • The Dodd Plan
      • Easy, topical reading
      • The Clouds in the Silver Lining
      • I like optimism
      • The Cause of the Housing Crisis
      • Are Bailouts Socialistic?
      • Roundup of Opinions
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