So stabilizing the banks won't solve the credit squeeze. It will just stabilize the financial system. Which is no mean feat, but still only a partial solution to part of the problem. Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
Cleaning up banks will unclog several basic functions of the banking world which are very necessary and are still seriously constrained right now. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Or at least, to clean up the banking functions which they're supposed to perform - which may not be the same thing.
