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Interesing use of the words 'economic dictatorship' in there.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 04:12:57 PM EST
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Also in badabing's post on orange:
back in September, the Federal Reserve allowed Goldman (and a few other surviving institutions) to convert from an investment bank into a bank holding company.  The Wall St. Journal claimed at the time that the move meant the firm would "come under the close supervision of national bank regulators, subjecting them to new capital requirements, additional oversight, and far less profitability than they have historically enjoyed."

It would seem that the Wall Street Journal badly misread the implications of the conversion.  GS was NOT subject to "close supervision of national bank regulators" as GS was in fact already supervising the supervisors.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 11:41:59 PM EST
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