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Get Some Facts

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

The Economists’ Voice has some timely writing:

Why Paulson is Wrong

Luigi Zingales

There are alternatives to a massive government bailout of the U.S. financial industry, according to Luigi Zingales—they just would be more costly for financiers and cheaper for taxpayers.

Questioning the Treasury’s $700 Billion Blank Check: An Open Letter to Secretary Paulson

Aaron S. Edlin

The Treasury wants a blank check for $700 billion, at taxpayer expense; instead a businessman like Buffett should be given the job of making the taxpayers some money out of this mess, according to Aaron Edlin.

Dr. StrangeLoan: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Financial Collapse

Aaron S. Edlin

Last week, on Wednesday September 17, 2008, the Bush Administration almost stumbled upon a way to eliminate the U.S. debt and even taxes. Aaron Edlin’s ironic take on a world gone mad.

Investment Banking Regulation After Bear Stearns

Dwight M. Jaffee and Mark Perlow

The Bear Stearns bailout created an implicit guarantee that will create a great deal of moral hazard unless we smartly regulate investment banks in a way that doesn’t destroy their value; so say Dwight Jaffee and Mark Perlow.

Full post as published by Discourse.net on September 25, 2008 (boomark / email).