Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger

Behemoths Born of the Bailout Reduce Consumer Choice, Tempt Corporate Moral Hazard

The crisis may be turning out very well for many of the behemoths that dominate U.S. finance. A series of federally arranged mergers safely landed troubled banks on the decks of more stable firms. And it allowed the survivors to emerge from the turmoil with strengthened market positions, giving them even greater control over consumer lending and more potential to profit. Full Story »

Posted by Elsbet Roed Brosky - via Washington Post , Publish2 (Politics), Memeorandum
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Subjects: Politics, Business
Topics: Finance, Corruption in Congress, Corruption
Member Tags: Oligopolies, Corruption in the Executive Branch
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Posted by: Posted by Elsbet Roed Brosky - Aug 27, 2009 - 8:28 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 28, 2009 - 12:16 PM PDT

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Patricia L'Herrou
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Sep. 3, 2009

an important opinion piece with many facts and figures to substantiate its message. written well, the writer offers information which seems to contradict as the title suggests, what we consumers assumed would be the result of the banks' failures. clearly published reporting from the gov't's financial departments are necessary if consumers are to be reassured.

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 28, 2009

The growth of oligopoly big finance gets much needed attention, in a well written story.

Monopolies and oligopolies are not free markets. And, as we have seen, bribes and lobbying prevent government oversight. Big banks have to be broken up. Publicly financed elections have to be instituted nation wide.

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Elsbet Roed Brosky
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by Elsbet Roed Brosky - Aug. 28, 2009
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