Arthur D. Hlavaty

I’ve long since given up on libertarianism, but it still bothers me that the state is too big to fail. Anything else that is really is the state and should be regulated as such. Here’s Bernie on cutting the banks down to size. [Common Dreams]

Thanx to Avedon's Sideshow.

Why bank scandals keep happening (British, but here too).

Thanx to andrewducker

JPMorgan's Clean Getaway

Thanx to Charles P. Pierce.

When I was growing up, the image of doom was the atomic nucleus. Here's a similar scary picture.

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Iceland didn't bail out the banks. It seems to be working.

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UK banks subsidized by the state

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They play fair

Thanx to Lindsay Beyerstein.