The Great American Bank Robbery

How did the big banks nearly take down the entire economy and still continue to profit? Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains.

Bankruptcy is a key feature of capitalism. Firms sometimes are unable to repay what they owe creditors. Financial reorganization has become a fact of life in many industries. The United States is lucky in having a particularly effective way of giving firms a fresh start—Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code, which has been used repeatedly, for example, by the airlines. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 1, 2010

A bit wonky, but completely understandable. I want Stiglitz for my professor. He explains the banks and financing, and how and why it was mishandled.

The government was obligated to save depositors, but that didn’t mean it had to provide taxpayer money to also save bondholders and shareholders. More »

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Mar. 1, 2010

If it is true that America’s biggest banks are too big to be “resolved,” this has profound implications for our banking system going ... More »

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