Sweden's crash and recovery - International Herald Tribune

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Frode Hegland <frode () hyperwords net>
Date: September 29, 2008 8:56:22 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: web: Sweden's crash and recovery - International Herald Tribune


This just seems obvious to me (having had it explained to me!): Bail  
out the institutions but not the investors:

"However, my experience in dealing with an even worse situation -  
though in regard to a far smaller economy - is that there are  
perfectly sound and adequate tools at hand if you want to stabilize  
the situation and regain confidence in the markets."

...


"To establish a firm base for further measures, the government, backed  
by the opposition, issued a bank guarantee that provided protection  
from losses for all creditors except shareholders. There was no  
specified sum mentioned in the Parliament's legislation, and the  
government got a wide mandate to act in other respects as well."

     http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/28/opinion/edbildt.php

     or

     http://snipurl.com/3xljb



Frode Hegland
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