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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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Waiting for the Chinese Bear Stearns

Mar 13, 2018

Unregulated, speculative lending markets nearly brought down the global financial system 10 years ago. Now, Western banks are exporting this failed model to the developing world.

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Rewarding Bad Behavior: The Bear Stearns Bailout

Mar 12, 2018

Ten years ago when Bear Stearns crashed, the Fed decided to bail out first, ask questions later. It was a mistake that set a bad precedent.