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Geithner’s Public Private Partnership

March 25th, 2009 · Filed under: Uncategorized

Posted by Michael Brandl

On Monday Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner laid out his “Public-Private Investment Program” which is designed to buy up the toxic assets off banks’ balance sheet. The general idea is that Geithner does not want only the government to buy up these toxic assets because, in part, there is a fear that the government [...]

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