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Extra Credit, Tuesday Edition
The 11 Blunders of Hank Paulson
The Decline and Fall of the S.E.C.
More troubles emerge among derivatives: Negative 30-year swap spreads.
A Risk Worth Taking: Dan Gross with nice things to say about Community Development Financial Institutions, such as LES People's, where I'm on the board. Yes, we're still at zero foreclosures, despite our high-risk subprime customer base -- and we intend to stay that way.
In a weird world, yields on Tips point to deflation: Despite the fact that the Fed will never let it happen.
Job Losses Won't Cut It for Citigroup: "Tangible assets, which don't include goodwill or intangibles, are 55 times the bank's tangible equity. J.P. Morgan Chase, by contrast, is 31.4 times, while Bank of America is 31.3."
There's a Better Way to Prevent 'Bear Raids': An argument in favor of reintroducing the uptick rule. So far, I've yet to see an argument on the other side, so why hasn't this happened yet?
Bail, Baby, Bail: What General Motors can Teach us about Policy Distortions: How weak fuel-economy standards were Detroit's downfall.
Europe car sales plunge as GM's Opel seeks bailout: A reminder that even GM's quite successful European operations are actually a liability rather than an asset.
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