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What is a Bailout?

Barry Ritholtz

Silicon Valley Bank depositors made whole; Credit Suisse counter-parties saved; First Republic bondholders protected — are these bailouts or something else? What are the differences between insured depositors getting their cash back, a private sector rescue orchestrated by the Fed or the Swiss government, and a taxpayer-funded bailout?

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Time to Drop TikTok From App Stores?

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He is the co-author of “Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi,” recognized as a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of “Deep Dive” on Fox Nation.

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Plenty of Jobs Still Available on Main Street

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He is the co-author of “Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi,” recognized as a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of “Deep Dive” on Fox Nation.

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Déjà Vu? 2023 is Not 2008

Barry Ritholtz

As the guy who ( literally ) wrote the book on bank bailouts, what say we do a compare and contrast? Gotta love the free-market Libertarians, all panic-begging for a bailout this weekend. In Bailout Nation, I quoted Jeffrey Frankel ’s observation, “ They say there are no atheists in foxholes. What don’t we know?

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Panic With Friends

Barry Ritholtz

Bailout Nation). I had Josh Brown on a few weeks ago, so I really wanted to bring Barry on to further the discussion. And who better to discuss the recent banking crisis than the guy who wrote the book on the Great Financial Crisis?

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Promises Not Kept – AIER

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Bailouts notoriously benefit shareholders and creditors rather than workers. And yet, who wants to bet that next time around, Congress will again rush to design a rescue plan that sends billions of dollars to unneedy businesses and bailout shareholders? Reprinted from EconLib. Veronique de Rugy.

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EU Says Tourism Sector Could Slide 70 Pct. From COVID-19

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Thierry Breton, the European Union’s (EU) commissioner for internal market and services, said the 27-nation bloc is facing its most difficult challenge since it was founded in 1993, and stated that its nations should be a top priority for bailouts, the Associated Press reported. It could take 1.5 trillion euros (1.63