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From: TimF11/4/2008 5:34:35 PM
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Those Wild and Crazy Markets
Arnold Kling

Uwe Reinhardt writes,

Iceland's problem, like that of the rest of the world, is rooted in the unquestioned belief in the free market doctrine that swept the world during the past two decades...Iceland's liberal government thought it was safe to let the island's bankers loose in a global market of debt and asset financing.

...under European regulations, Iceland is obliged to pay 20,000 euros to each individual foreign depositor in Icelandic banks.

It's interesting how often it turns out that where there is a failure of the wild and crazy markets, somewhere in the background is a government guarantee. Maybe governments that try to guarantee too much wind up guaranteeing nothing. Maybe the U.S., too, will learn this lesson the hard way...

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