The $700 Billion Question

Anil K Kashyap and Jeremy Stein
Op-ed
The New York Times – Sept. 23rd, 2008

Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary, has opened the government checkbook and is poised to spend $700 billion to end the financial crisis. What comes next depends on the precise mission and operating powers he and Congress assign the new Treasury agency that will oversee the bailout. We see four broad possibilities.

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