Comments on: Lessons from Japan for the US financial crisis http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/10/01/financial-crisis/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: The financial crisis - and loansharks in Japan and NZ « East Asia Forumhttp://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/10/01/financial-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-471 The financial crisis - and loansharks in Japan and NZ « East Asia Forum Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:01:14 +0000 http://eastasiaforum.wordpress.com/?p=1390#comment-471 [...] on Friday, the US government finally agreed on a public bailout plan for up to $700b, which I reviewed critically earlier in the week. Along with $85b for AIG and $29b for Bear Stearns, this amounts already to 5.8% of GDP, “well [...] [...] on Friday, the US government finally agreed on a public bailout plan for up to $700b, which I reviewed critically earlier in the week. Along with $85b for AIG and $29b for Bear Stearns, this amounts already to 5.8% of GDP, “well [...]

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