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Sterns Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

Bear Sterns (1); Fed's Gary Stern Makes Lame Arguments (1); Stern Opponent (1).

zero hedge Fri 2009-10-23 19:30 EDT

A Stern Opponent Of Funding The FDIC's Depleted Deposit Insurance Fund, And Monetization Is... Alan Greenspan?

What a difference twenty years makes. The man whose actions basically lead to the eradication of the American middle class in its aspirational pursuit of buying massive SUVs, Prada bags, and 3rd investment properties, compliments of cheap credit, in order to appear ever so much like the upper class yet ultimately drowning itself in debt, Alan Greenspan, is probably the most critical reason why America's debt service will be nearly 90% of GDP within several decades. The adoption of his actions by the current deranged operator of the reserve currency printing press, is merely a continuation of a multiple decade long process of keeping inflation contained at the expense of devaluing the US currency, as the global liquidity pyramid recently hit one quadrillion, and continues to grow exponentially, yet...

Alan Greenspan; FDIC's Depleted Deposit Insurance Fund; funds; monetize; Stern Opponent; Zero Hedge.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Guest Post: Moral Hazard Now Biting GM

``GM bondholders are probably wondering why they need to take a haircut on their bonds when the counterparties of Bear Sterns, Lehman, and AIG are being made whole at par after investing in far riskier securities''

Biting GM; Guest Post; moral hazard; naked capitalism.

Mon 2007-11-19 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: Fed's Gary Stern Makes Lame Arguments Against Increased Credit Market Regulation

Fed's Gary Stern Makes Lame Arguments; Increased Credit Market Regulation; naked capitalism.