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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; bailout</title>
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		<title>Fed To Bailout NY Yankees</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/fed-to-bailout-ny-yankees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admit it, you had to think for a second about whether this was serious or not didn&#8217;t you?]]></description>
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		<title>Heh</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/25/heh-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<title>Bail or Consequences</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/13/bail-or-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph E. Stiglitz says bail out the poor, not the rich. It&#8217;s like a parlor game for abstractions to decide who can be the noblest thief. How about no one bails anyone out, and we all sustain the material consequences &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/13/bail-or-consequences/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Step Right Up! It&#8217;s Your Bailout Too!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/03/step-right-up-its-your-bailout-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hear repeatedly from our fellow citizens &#8220;where is my bailout?&#8221; For those who have been wondering the fine journalists at Vanity Fair have found the paperwork so you can begin applying now for, as the application says, &#8220;free government &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/03/step-right-up-its-your-bailout-too/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calculating the cost of bailing out the economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/calculating-the-cost-of-bailing-out-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/calculating-the-cost-of-bailing-out-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the NBER has decided to endorse my view that we went into recession last December which I first first claimed last January, I think my points about the efficacy of fiscal stimulus still apply. As for spending already &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/calculating-the-cost-of-bailing-out-the-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Morality of the Bailout</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/18/morality-of-the-bailout/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/18/morality-of-the-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a Q&#38;A session at the University of the Pacific in October, Dinesh D&#8217;Souza was asked about the moral dimensions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. I don&#8217;t agree entirely with the causality he posits exists between irresponsible consumer behavior &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/18/morality-of-the-bailout/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whoopee, its bailout time!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/13/whoopee-its-bailout-time/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/13/whoopee-its-bailout-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the comments at Financial Times: Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) — In a surprise move today, Whoopee Cushions Inc was approved bank holding company status by the Fed to enable the company access to the recently revised TURD scheme. Imported far-eastern &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/13/whoopee-its-bailout-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The View From Here</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/14/the-view-from-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if the juxtaposition of that headline and that photo was intentional? Anyway, over at Risk and Return I follow up Dale, McQ and my discussion of the markets and the economy during the last couple of podcasts with &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/14/the-view-from-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When are we being Chicken Littles?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/when-are-we-being-chicken-littles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let us look at one of the ways that we are being panicked unnecessarily, and why incidentally we can help many of these financial institutions in the fashion I discussed in my post on a potential alternative plan. In my &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/when-are-we-being-chicken-littles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We are led by little men and women</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was not in favor of the Paulson plan if you haven&#8217;t caught that yet. Still, the pitiful display from our congress today set a recent low. First, faced with an unpopular and contentious bill which she feels for the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Bailout&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/the-bailout/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/the-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s going to pass the House floor. Update: It failed. The vote was 207-226 against the measure, with one member not voting, half an hour after voting began. Voting remains open even though the &#8220;official&#8221; time has &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/the-bailout/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;and I want a pony!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/and-i-want-a-pony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Summers and Mark Thoma argue that if done right the bailout will mean we can solve this crisis and still have everything we want, tax cuts, health care spending and all kinds of other goodies. Larry argues: Just as &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/and-i-want-a-pony/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Short of Wisdom, Common Sense and a Grasp of Reality</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/18/short-of-wisdom-common-sense-and-a-grasp-of-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hedge fund industry is feeling gloomy, and so is Mayfair. Meanwhile our government is considering following London&#8217;s lead and making their lives even more difficult, by banning short selling for a while. Yep, Fannie would have been just fine &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/18/short-of-wisdom-common-sense-and-a-grasp-of-reality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fail Early or Don&#8217;t Fail at All</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/fail-early-or-dont-fail-at-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On tonights podcast at QandO, I called in at McQ&#8217;s request to discuss the economy. One of the things we discussed was the likelihood of our government continuing to bail out our financial institutions. For a number of reasons that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/fail-early-or-dont-fail-at-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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