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How is “bankruptcy without bailouts” making markets less free ?

• ChrisLomont 5y ago
  Which "bailouts" are you referring to? The 2008 crisis, where the "bailouts" were actually loans, which were repaid with interest, providing profits for the taxpayer, or the current COVID bailouts, which provide the people with money, not needing repaid, that look like they're adding significantly to inflation?
  • jazzyk 5y ago
    They were bailouts, because, without Fed's guarantees, no financial institution would loan money to most of these badly-managed, reckless corps. And they are doing the exact same thing again, knowing they will be bailed out again. "Profits for the taxpayer" - did you get a penny of the "profits"? The only people who profited were the executives of the bailed out companies - who deserved to lose their jobs, not double their wealth.
    • me_me_me 5y ago
      > reckless corps Can you explain how they were rekless? If i go to cassino and bet my life saving on black that's rekless. If I go to cassino and bet your life savings then 50% of times I am genius investor, or 50% of times i am really really sorry for your loss. The problem is that those corporations are playing a game they cannot loose. Its only logical for them to push risk (therefore profits) more and more. They themselves created 'too big to fail' term. I am not trying to make excuses for them, they are the people who captured regulatory institutions, and de-facto are self regulating - and in practice we all know where that leads. They are responsible for what happened and is happening.