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Yes -- Let's Lose the Bath Water, Please Keep the Baby

Tom Hughes | Wed, 10/29/2008 - 12:45pm | bailout, rating agencies, securitization, subprime mortgages | Add a comment

There's a great deal of uproar , most of it merited, about the contribution of subprime mortgages and securitization to the collapse of global markets. It's not hard to describe in hindsight -- too much credit splashed around too generously to borrowers (individuals, companies, countries) u ... Read more

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rating agencies

Stock Investing > The Longish View

Yes -- Let's Lose the Bath Water, Please Keep the Baby

Tom Hughes | Wed, 10/29/2008 - 12:45pm | bailout, rating agencies, securitization, subprime mortgages | Add a comment

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