[lbo-talk] Socialism ascendant?

Max B. Sawicky sawicky at verizon.net
Thu Sep 18 18:17:01 PDT 2008


This foofaraw about shorts is a distraction. Assorted miscreants are overleveraged with bad paper. The only thing short selling does is bring their market prices, heretofore inflated by non-transparent dealings, to reality faster. Dean Baker has been hitting this.


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> Another question for those with expertise in the financial markets:
> What's up with the SEC banning short selling?
> http://www.cnbc.com/id/26781646 Everything I've read so far suggests
> this is a wild, desperate move...
>
> -WD
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