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Party time Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

naked capitalism Sun 2009-08-30 14:53 EDT

Party Time! Wall Street Back to Its Old Highly Levered Ways

Bloomberg reports that Wall Street is back to its free-wheeling, high-levered ways. This is a classic example of moral hazard in action. Why worry about blowing up the bank when you know the taxpayer will bail you out?

naked capitalism; Old Highly Levered Ways; Party time; Wall Street.