Picture du Jour: How the AIG bailout really worked
By Prieur du Plessis, on January 28th, 2010 posted in:
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While the AIG controversy rages and the enquiry into the bailout gathers momentum, Professor Linus Wilson of the University of Louisiana (via Clusterstock) has put together a helpful chart showing exactly how the bailout was constructed and indicating which banks got how much.
“Two things stand out: The Treasury’s overpayment for preferred stock was a crucial part of the bailout, and though Goldman Sachs is usually held up as the bad guy here, SocGen received $2.5 billion more,” remarked Clusterstock.
Fascinating stuff, especially with American taxpayers coming to the rescue of the European banks!
Source: Clusterstock, January 27, 2010.
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