Bailout

Leaders from left to right agree that CEOs responsible for the failures should not profit from them.

Bailouts for me, but not for thee. Kudos to Silicon Valle for winning this edition of cronyism in America.

I'm glad our leaders stepped in to protect all the bank's customers and make them whole, no matter how much they had in their accounts. Such decisive action surely prevented a broader collapse, protecting families, workers, and job creators nationwide.

Even as insolvency loomed, SVB still pledged "at least $5 billion in loans, investments, and other financing to support sustainability efforts."

"We're speaking about institutions with trillions of dollars of assets, not $400 billion like SVB," economist Nouriel Roubini told Newsweek.

Some observers have blamed Sri Lanka's troubles on its dealings with China, which has made substantial investments in the country. Recently, CIA Director William J. Burns became the latest U.S. official in recent years to attribute Sri Lanka's economic crisis to Chinese debt. Of Sri Lanka's total foreign debt, loans from China's government are in the range of 10 percent to 12 percent. Adding Chinese commercial loans to a wider base of public and publicly guaranteed debt, a new analysis...

American higher education needs a wrecking ball—not a bailout.

Fiscal overreaction, untargeted aid and a raw deal for the young should not be repeated in any future fiscal responses given what we have learned from the CARES Act.

Massachusetts Bail Fund has been criticized for helping to release a dangerous criminal back on to the street.

The company will send some little entrepreneurs $100 checks to offset losses caused by COVID-19 that put lemonade stands on hold.

Using human beings as commodities to make money is akin to pre-Civil War slavery. But we can abolish for-profit prisons. We can stop companies from using underpaid prison labor. And we can enact bail reform.

American Airlines is re-joining several major U.S. air carriers in booking all flights to full capacity beginning July 1, ceasing the coronavirus pandemic precautionary measure of leaving at least one seat open between passengers.

Not every state legislator wants Congress to spend U.S. taxpayer dollars to bail out state governments.

CEO Dave Calhoun predicted it will likely take several more years after 2021-2022 before long-term growth trends recover to 2019 rates.

Boeing and major U.S. carriers are struggling with the turmoil wrought by coronavirus and are pushing for lawmakers to bail them out.

Ocasio-Cortez criticized Trump's use of $28 billion in taxpayer money to rescue farmers from his ongoing trade war with China, saying it's never called "socialism" when billionaires are buying rural voters.

"These farmers are going to end in bankruptcy, and committing suicide and losing their farms and they're still talking about supporting the president," the president of the National Black Farmers Association said.

"While the aid package will help farmers pay their bills, this is not a long-term solution to the damages caused by lost markets," the Illinois Farm Bureau said.

Fred Trump was, according to the sworn Trump family testimonies obtained by The New York Times, angered by his son's attempt to rewrite his own will without his prior knowledge or consent.

The emergency loan from the European Stability Mechanism was just one part of a bailout of around $369 billion that will take Greece until around 2060 to pay off.

The Trump administration announced a $12 billion emergency aid package for farmers caught in the middle of his ongoing and escalating trade wars with China, Europe, Canada and Mexico.

Prime Minister accused the IMF of coming up with "new demands for Greece; absurd, imaginary unreal."

Researchers conclude that congresspersons invested in bank stocks were far more likely to support the Wall Street rescue.

Short-term debt relief was put on hold due to Greek plans to pay benefits to pensioners.

IMF officials described the current plan as "simply not credible."

A crunch summit with creditors begins Monday.

European banks are not about to collapse, yet some form of diversification could make sense.

A deal struck in the early hours of Wednesday has earned plaudits on the continent.

Soaring intergenerational inequality has hit the south the worst.

Neel Kashkari, a Goldman Sachs executive, called for Congress to take radical action to protect taxpayers.