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The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Alex Dumortier	AIG's Bailout -- Take Two AIG's original $85 billion rescue package has been scrapped as the giant insurer's condition continues to deteriorate. The new package is worth almost twice that amount.
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The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Rich Duprey	Just Give Them the Money, Already Congress is putting up a front over handing the carmakers a bailout. Just get it over with.
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The Motley Fool August 27, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Fool Blog: Uncle Sam, Please Let Something Fail! Someone, anyone, please acknowledge that we still operate under some semblance of capitalism -- let a company fail for a change.
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The Motley Fool December 12, 2008 Rich Duprey	The Banks Beat You to It, Detroit Tough love from Uncle Sam may help automakers in the long run.
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HBS Working Knowledge December 21, 2009 Roger Thompson	Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government's Role as Fixer In his new book, Too Big to Save, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system.
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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.
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