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The Strange Politics of the Financial Bailout

January 27th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News

Posted by Annette Dalla

From McCombs TODAY and Texas magazine
THE STRANGE POLITICS OF THE FINANCIAL BAILOUT
by David B. Spence, professor of business law
The political process that led ultimately to the passage of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act of 2008—better known as the “Wall Street bailout”—was a strange one. By the time the mortgage crisis was fully understood, enormous [...]

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