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The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	Budget Deficit Goes Into Overdrive There's something terribly ironic about a group of Congressmen and -women chastising auto company executives for driving their companies into the ground, when the state of Uncle Sam's balance sheet looks like it does today.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2008 Kris Eddy	How I Learned to Love the Bailout A tongue-in-cheek look at how thinking outside the box may provide more ways for more companies to profit from the bailout.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2010 Russ Krull	Betting on Bailouts Using the recent U.S. bailout track record as a guide for investing in Europe.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Maybe We Should Have Let the Banks Fail The bailout may have kept the financial system afloat, but are we setting ourselves up for more pain?
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu	Fool Blog: Last Week's Top 10 Financial Shocks A whole pile of stunning news combined last week to become the biggest financial story of the past 50 years.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Dave Mock	A Big Upgrade for AIG While it may be hard to believe, more top-performing CAPS members are turning bullish on American International Group these days, exhibiting optimism for the future.
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The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Morgan Housel	Farewell, Dear Bailout Almost a year to the day after the Treasury dumped tens of billions into banks, the heart of the $700 billion bank bailout called TARP is coming to an end. How did it do?
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Katrina Chan	Reviewing 2008, Predicting 2009 The Fool looks back at the year that was, and ahead to the year to be.
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The Motley Fool September 29, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Bailout: Myths, Half-Truths, and Inconsistencies Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts.
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The Motley Fool November 13, 2008 Rich Duprey	Wall Street's Land of Make Believe Amex is the latest financial company to try to stretch the line between reality and fantasy.
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The Motley Fool September 30, 2008 Morgan Housel	Market Meltdown: What Happens From Here It's official: Chicken Little has been vindicated.
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The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Bailout: The Sucker Punch Regardless of outcome, we need to ask some serious questions.
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The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Rich Smith	Quick! Everybody Out of the Pool! AIG is going public, and its stock is going down.
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