Date: January 21st, 2009

The GSE’s future: Part 1, we need the eggs

21 January, 2009 (10:50) | Capital markets, Finance, GSEs, HERA, Legislation and policy, Regulation and Reform, Subprime, TARP, US News | No comments

“I would, but I need the loans”
 
Guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, “Doc, uh, my brother’s crazy; he thinks he’s a chicken.”
And the doctor says, “Well, why don’t you turn him in?”
“I would, but I need the eggs.”
Woody Allen, Annie Hall
 
That, in a nutshell, represents the views of outgoing Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, as [...]