9.20.2008

The $700B gift?

It appears that the Bush administration wants to use the taxpayer's money to buy Wall Street's illiquid debt but not to attach strings to the gift [see the Text of the Draft Proposal here]. Even the New York Times noticed this problem: "The [administration's] proposal does not specify what the government would get in return from financial companies for the federal assistance."

Can you say moral hazard?

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