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Intro to TARP — TARP III: The Geithner Plan
We have so far: created our example of Large Bank; described TARP I, in which the government would buy bad assets from banks; and described TARP II, in which the government made direct equity investments [...]
Tactical consequences of the Specter switch
I spent more than seven years working in the Senate, including 5 and a half working for Senator Trent Lott (R-MS), in his time both as Majority Leader and as Minority Leader resulting from Sen. [...]
Intro to TARP — TARP II: Direct investment
Tuesday I began with a simple example, which I am calling Large Bank. Yesterday we looked at TARP I, in which the government would buy troubled/toxic assets from banks. Today I will describe TARP II, [...]
Intro to TARP — TARP I: Buying bad assets
Yesterday we created a simple example of Large Bank, which made some bad loans and now has two problems: It doesn't have enough capital. It has downside risk on its balance sheet due to the [...]