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How to (maybe) end Too Big to Fail

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Tim Harford: 'How To (Maybe) End Too Big To Fail' http://t.co/efx1TnToKP

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James Pethokoukis: RT @Matthew_C_Klein: Apparently there are no economies of scale for banks bigger than $50bln in assets: http://t.co/bxcGQautmI Except TB ...

Matthew C. Klein: Apparently there are no economies of scale for banks bigger than $50bln in assets: http://t.co/bxcGQautmI Except TBTF subsidies, obviously

Steve Randy Waldman: "a strictly enforced 'death penalty' regime..mandating that any bank requiring govt assistance wld be nationalized" http://t.co/TufH9kWnSO

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