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Everyone Has a Banking Plan Now

Another day, another banking plan, this one from two senior partners at McKinsey and Company, which may be the most influential company you may never have heard of.The authors recognize the toxic-asset pricing problem: If the government buys them at market value, the banks become insolvent instantly; if the government pays book value, it is paying a massive subsidy. They also recognize the rough scale of the problem, predicting another $1 trillion in writedowns. And here’s the proposal:

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Thomas Grennes is a professor of economics at the North Carolina State University and a former visiting faculty member at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. His research has dealt with various aspects of international economics, including open economy macroeconomics, international finance, and international trade in agricultural products. Recent research topics have included macroeconomic aspects of the Great Moderation, offshore outsourcing, sovereign wealth funds, and the relationship between government debt and economic growth. Earlier work dealt with emerging market issues in the Baltic countries and Russia and trade and macro policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Economic history topics include the Columbian Exchange of plants and animals, the effects on food markets of introducing mechanical refrigeration, and the integration of Tsarist Russia into the world grain market. When he is not involved in economics, he enjoys mountain hiking.

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