On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
Call it public-private partnership. It is not nationalization because the banks will not be wholly owned
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congress.govCall it public-private partnership. It is not nationalization because the banks will not be wholly owned
Bernanke clarifies that the approach is a partnership, not full government ownership.
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