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		<title>Big Banks Got Played</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/big-banks-got-played/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Daring Trade Has Wall Street Seething from the Wall Street Journal. Amherst, a small Austin firm found a small loophole in the system. To use a crude metaphor, they sold the big banks hurrican insurance and then made sure &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/big-banks-got-played/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Some Lenders Object, Why Not Others?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/some-lenders-object-why-not-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[20 Chrysler lenders or about 30% of the debt Chrysler owes lending institutions are objecting to getting fleeced in the governments planned &#8220;surgical bankruptcy&#8221; plan. In a normal bankruptcy the senior secured creditors (the lenders) are first in line, while &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/some-lenders-object-why-not-others/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Treasury Refusing Bank Repayments?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/16/us-treasury-refusing-bank-repayments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what&#8217;s claimed in this article in the IBD. This becomes pretty thuggish when you add to the fact that these banks were (allegedly) outright threatened to take the TARP funds in the first place. The reason for all of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/16/us-treasury-refusing-bank-repayments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To Big To Fail</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/10/to-big-to-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Instapundit, Glenn has been keeping an eye on both the Tax Day Tea Party and the New Way Forward demonstrations. Reading about what the left is doing, I have to think, that if the left thinks banks that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/10/to-big-to-fail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three Banks to Rule the World</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/three-banks-to-rule-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winners of the global financial turmoil look to be three American &#8216;superbanks&#8217;: JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. The institutions have all grown to occupy such a predominant position in the marketplace, that all three recently &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/three-banks-to-rule-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Maiking Things Worse?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/12/are-we-maiking-things-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yves Smith hits a theme I have been harping on, the Federal Reserve, and central banks in general, are making things worse in may ways by destroying the incentive for banks to lend or borrow from one another. She quotes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/12/are-we-maiking-things-worse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Summary</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/02/in-summary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tyler Cowen states his basic views on the crisis. My response in italics: 1. Glass-Steagall repeal was not a major cause of the financial crisis, nor was government-induced &#8220;minority lending.&#8221; I agree on the first, the second charge has some &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/02/in-summary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My favorite proposal for helping financial institutions</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/my-favorite-proposal-for-helping-financial-institutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do believe we should be doing something as a nation, through our government, to avoid the not insignificant chance of a total financial meltdown. I have seen several things proposed that I find interesting, and I will get into &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/my-favorite-proposal-for-helping-financial-institutions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Glass-Steagall : RIP</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/21/glass-steagall-rip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the discussion on tonight&#8217;s podcast, one of the recurring themes of much of the commentary on our current financial crisis is that the cause is too much deregulation. Possibly there is some truth to this, though the evidence is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/21/glass-steagall-rip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You Walk Away Hits Television</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/you-walk-away-hits-television/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross posted at Risk and Return You may remember the website we discussed back in January. Dale Franks just discovered their program, because they now are on Television. He asks the obvious question: So, should the mortgage companies get off &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/you-walk-away-hits-television/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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