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Re:The Man Who Made Too Much by skalpelis on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @10:36AM (#433726)
By the same logic he kept the market in check so that it wouldn't implode catastrophically, therefore allowing banks to exist and continue their business giving loans to start a business.
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Re:The Man Who Made Too Much by whacked_new on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @11:26AM (#433809)
The market probably wouldn't have imploded one way or another; just that if it was more stable, the risky earnings would either be smaller, or take longer to materialize. (as before, I'm treading in a sea of assumptions)

But once the market does calm down again, there will be a new Paulson. Perhaps the day this is ever fully prevented is the day that humans become permanently immune to all possible diseases.

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