Comments on: Stress Tests and The Nationalization We Got

By: Random Links XXXXIX « Random Musings of a Deranged Mind

Random Links XXXXIX « Random Musings of a Deranged Mind — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:39:27 +0000

[...] http://baselinescenario.com/2009/05/07/stress-tests-and-the-nationalization-we-got/ [...]

By: Consumer Protection When All Else Fails (Written Testimony) « The Baseline Scenario

Wed, 20 May 2009 10:03:42 +0000

[...] 7) Everyone agrees that insolvent banks are a bad thing. Since September 2008, we have learned about the additional difficulties that follow when no one knows if banks are insolvent are not. There are many manifestations of this problem, including: illiquid markets for toxic assets; accounting tricks, like the FASB rule change and the preferred-for-common stock conversion; and stress tests that turn out to be not very stressful, with outcomes that are apparently negotiable and mostly about public relations. [...]

By: Ten Reasons why the Stress Test Wasn’t Stressful « Breakthrough Generation

Thu, 14 May 2009 18:55:31 +0000

[...] “Stress Tests & the Nationalization We Got,” Simon Johnson and James Kwak, Baseline Scenario [...]

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Tue, 12 May 2009 20:48:12 +0000

[...] “Stress Tests… [...]

By: JAMES KWAK, WRITING AT BASELINESCENARIO. COM. Responding point by point to New Yorker writer James Surowiecki’s latest column . « Want Less Blog

Mon, 11 May 2009 07:18:13 +0000

[...] Surowiecki makes three points about our recent long post on nationalization: [...]

By: James Surowiecki and Me

James Surowiecki and Me — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:18:26 +0000

[...] Surowiecki makes three points about our recent long post on nationalization: [...]

By: James Surowiecki and Me « The Baseline Scenario

James Surowiecki and Me « The Baseline Scenario — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:01:24 +0000

[...] Surowiecki makes three points about our recent long post on nationalization: [...]

By: Interesting Reads 5-8-2009 | OneMint

Interesting Reads 5-8-2009 | OneMint — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:08:16 +0000

[...] Stress Tests and The Nationalization We Got [...]

By: PLB

PLB — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:14:55 +0000

Ben Franklin used much the same metaphor during the Constitutional convention, wondering if the replacement for the failed Articles of Confederation would provide a secure foundation for our new nation. If only today’s leaders had the perspective of our wisest founding fathers who gave some thought to posterity, not just the next election.

By: Top Posts « WordPress.com

Top Posts « WordPress.com — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:14:44 +0000

[...] Stress Tests and The Nationalization We Got The post was co-authored by Simon Johnson and James Kwak. When the stress tests were first announced on February 10, [...] [...]

By: John

John — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:38:24 +0000

As numerous others are pointing out this is largely nonsense and immature at that which coming from a couple of bright guys is disturbing. Those of us who were against nationalization were against it for a host of reasons which were never addressed by the folks who favored it. We do not now have bank nationalization and all this chicken little hyperbole is totally misplaced.

By: The Irish Economy » Blog Archive » Baseline Scenario on US Banks

The Irish Economy » Blog Archive » Baseline Scenario on US Banks — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:32:27 +0000

[...] to note the similiarities with how the situation has developed in the US, as outlined in this piece by the Baseline Scenario guys. On why the administration has not shut down insolvent [...]

By: Buzzer

Buzzer — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:52:25 +0000

Here’s an idea! The Fed Should buy a “Credit Default Swap” from A.I.G. to protect their investment.

By: drip

drip — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:54:27 +0000

Have they nationalized the banks or privatized the treasury? Is that a rising or setting sun?

By: Friday: Free Milk and a Cow- Reprise « The Confluence

Friday: Free Milk and a Cow- Reprise « The Confluence — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:53:51 +0000

[...] Kwak and Simon Johnson of Baseline Scenario have a not-to-be-missed post that lay it all out: In short, relationships between the government and the large banks have never [...]