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Registered Rep. July 24, 2008	Uncle Sam: Give Us A New Bubble The debate about government's roll in the economy just got stoked big time, what with the recent news that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wants to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with taxpayer dollars.
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn	Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 James Pressley	The Meltdown According to Hank Paulson How the former Treasury Secretary, exhausted and careworn, labored to save the financial system -- and made plenty of mistakes.
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Why Fannie and Freddie Were Doomed After a stunning week in which the government-sponsored enterprises saw nearly half their stock market value erased, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve announced three measures to reassure the market. But how did we get into this mess in the first place?
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Rich Duprey	Getting Burned by Bernanke His proposal to expand the Fed's power might incinerate the economy.
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Finance & Development March 2010	Big Bad Bonuses? Pros and cons of bankers' bonuses: one defends bankers' bonuses; one says they are a symptom of a bigger problem -- reckless risk taking by big financial players.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2008 John Reeves	How to Fix Our Economy Here are three policy prescriptions that have been put forward by Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, and other economists.
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Investment Advisor August 2008 Melanie Waddell	Wheels of Blueprint In Motion The SEC and the Federal Reserve Board's recent Memorandum of Understanding marks a first step; but Congress says more stringent financial services regulations are warranted.
Financial Advisor March 2008 Steven Holt Abernathy	Overcoming The Leverage Fallout If the war escalates, a couple of big hedge funds or banks implode, or if the Street banker/brokers finally come clean and tell us the scope of what is floating around out there in Level 3 exposure, we could see the abandonment of the dollar and a challenge to the existing financial system.
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The Motley Fool August 31, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger	Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform.
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The Motley Fool September 15, 2008 Andrew Sullivan	Why Lehman's Failure Is the Best Outcome As painful as it is, as painful as it will be, the fact that both the government and the financial industry let Lehman fail is ultimately a sign of confidence in our financial markets.
U.S. Banker September 2010	Back Porch Select quotes from the world of financial services: Mark Zandi and Alan Blinder... Hank Paulson... Julie Stackhouse... Brian Moynihan... Kelly King... Don Foley... Jeff Bronchick... Cornelius Hurley...
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InternetNews September 19, 2008 Paul Shread	Investors Cheer Financial Rescue Plan Investors responded enthusiastically Friday to the federal government's massive financial rescue plan, but the long-term process of sorting winners and losers is just beginning.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	Is This Economics Nobel Laureate Wrong? Paul Krugman is looking at financial reform the wrong way.
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The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Fool Blog: Paulson's Mother of All Boondoggles Congressional Democrats are trying to insert some limits on executive compensation, among other things, into the massive bailout package. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson doesn't like the idea.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Bleeker & Williamson	Who's More to Blame: The SEC or Fannie and Freddie? March Madness series: Which government-ish entity do you choose? The SEC has more than enough complicity in this mess, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were set up to fail from the start.
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