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The Free Bailout, Too Big To Fail, And Arsonist Bankers

In: Capitalism in the 21st Century Why Global Capitalism Is Broken and How It Can Be Fixed

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In addition, there is some truth to the argument that TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) paid for itself, which means that it cost the US government and the US tax payers nothing in actual money. While the precise estimates vary, there is general agreement that the US government recovered all or most of the money it lent to financial institutions, which were able to repay their loans much sooner than expected. Many banks, including J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, American Express, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo, fully repaid TARP money. TARP effectively came to an end on 19 December 2014, when the US government sold its remaining holdings in Ally Financial. The popular, widely accepted narrative of TARP is that the US government decisively and forcefully rescued the US financial institutions at a time when they were on the brink of collapse, at almost no cost to the US tax payers…

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  • Donghyun Park, 2019. "The Free Bailout, Too Big To Fail, And Arsonist Bankers," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Capitalism in the 21st Century Why Global Capitalism Is Broken and How It Can Be Fixed, chapter 62, pages 285-289, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789813274242_0062
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    Keywords

    Capitalism; Globalization; Inequality; Entrepreneur; Financial Industry; Government; Socialism; Market;
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    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • N2 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions
    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
    • F00 - International Economics - - General - - - General

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