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...attractions of this Swedish model is that it reduces so-called "moral hazard" - effectively rewarding poor or reckless risk assessment - by forcing financial institutions that took the highest risks to pay towards their own rescue. And it allows the state to recoup the money that it expends to buy up the bad debt at the core of the problem...
...Swedish example offers one way to minimize such "moral hazard" and potentially recoup some of the funds taxpayers are being asked to spend to help get the credit markets rolling again. The idea, says Lundgren, is not to just give money, but "to get some ownership (in return), and eventually be able to get some revenue back." By taking a stake in its enfeebled banks, Sweden was able to minimize the taxpayers' burden in the long...
...perfect time for foreign investors to get some exposure to U.S. real estate. For if something were to go wrong, history suggests some sort of bailout will protect them, and none other than the American taxpayer will foot the bill. Despite all the talk about avoiding further moral hazard, the hefty bailout package will create nothing but more incentives for risky investors to seek sweet returns. This a tragic consequence of the package; but as long as Americans homeowners refuse to accept losses on home equity in the short run, they must face the burden of this bailout as taxpayers...
...bank was open for Bear and Freddie and Fannie, why not Lehman and AIG? It took a high noon showdown over the weekend for Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson - one of Wall Street's own - to convince the Street's gunslingers that he wasn't kidding about the moral hazard issue...
...physician, I believe obesity is a far greater public-health hazard than tobacco. It is associated with an increase in cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression, gastrointestinal disorders, heart failure--the list goes on. We should attack obesity exactly as we have gone after tobacco--with a national advertising campaign, more self-help groups, taxes on certain foods and the right to sue food manufacturers and restaurants. John M.R. Kuhn, WESTON...