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Jan 23 2009 11:04pm EDT

Extra Credit, Friday Edition

Did the Swedes nationalize? What does that mean, anyway? What if the bank in question was already 77% owned by the state?

How Some Firms Boost the Boss's Pension: By using an artificially low discount rate designed for sums under $5,000, Hartford's CEO's pension has been boosted from $27 million to $37 million.

What would Larry Summers do? Summers's old prescriptions for any stimulus package.

Comparing Recessions III: Doom-mongering through the ages. But this time it's different, right?

It’s Not Just Taxes: Nocera's beef with Geithner.

Replacing bankers: Antony Currie on why Ken and Vikram should be replaced by, well, him and me.

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