tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post4922094321380163177..comments2023-10-27T20:27:57.900-04:00Comments on Kid Dynamite's World: Barry On BailoutsKid Dynamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17475987512856310577noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-71017089375060682212010-08-29T13:42:55.622-04:002010-08-29T13:42:55.622-04:00asset prices would have dived to about 20% of wher...asset prices would have dived to about 20% of where they had been, the arabs and chinese would have bought everything up for a song and extracted rents in perpetuityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-58777296955292900552010-08-19T01:30:31.476-04:002010-08-19T01:30:31.476-04:00Well there is always an issue with presenting a co...Well there is always an issue with presenting a counter-factual when you essentially have to make stuff up to shoehorn it into your scenario - like misrepresenting what Sweden did, misrepresenting BSC shareholders as being bailed out, misrepresenting JPM exposure to BSC, misrepresenting the possibility of BSC being bought by someone else, etc etc etc.<br /><br />I haven't read much of Mr Ritzholz's stuff but what I have read makes him seem like a loud-mouth lying fraud.<br /><br />DannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-90371365609208781072010-08-17T18:24:03.120-04:002010-08-17T18:24:03.120-04:00I liked that post; I have always argued wee would ...I liked that post; I have always argued wee would have had a worse timeeeeeeee up front, but we would be better off sooner.EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-63575131262374032642010-08-17T11:48:57.598-04:002010-08-17T11:48:57.598-04:00Yup. His post is on the money. Maybe a little to...Yup. His post is on the money. Maybe a little too sunny in its estimation of where we'd be BUT it definitely isn't Monday morning quarterbacking. The voices advocating these exact suggestions were drowned out or ignored by the panicking powers that be (just read Too Big To Fail or The End Of Wall Street if you doubt).Yangabangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602946300256374843noreply@blogger.com