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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: TAIBBI: Bernie or no Bernie, 'Times' columnist Paul Krugman is wrong about the banks [View all]rogerashton
(3,920 posts)26. dawg is right.
I, too, am a Berniac. But the key point is that "breaking up the big banks" is not sufficient to reduce the probability of another crisis. Deconcentrating banking may help -- or it may not -- but it won't do the job.
Complexity doesn't sell well in a political campaign. We just have to judge which candidate has the commitment and boldness to work through the complexity to get the better result. I still think that's the candidate who believes we can. And that would be Bernie.
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TAIBBI: Bernie or no Bernie, 'Times' columnist Paul Krugman is wrong about the banks [View all]
kpete
Apr 2016
OP
The mortgage fraud settlements, the LIBOR market rigging scandal, the drug cartel money laundering
think
Apr 2016
#2
What is it about the Clintons that makes people willing to sacrifice their reputations.
Cheese Sandwich
Apr 2016
#24
What I think Krugman is trying to get across is that simplistic thinking is not the answer ...
dawg
Apr 2016
#25
I'm going to take the word of the Nobel Prize winning economist over a Rolling Stone columnist
Freddie Stubbs
Apr 2016
#34