In A.I.G. Case, Surprise Ruling That Could End All Bailouts

For years, critics of the bailouts during the financial crisis argued that the rescue efforts weren't harsh enough. The chief executives of failing institutions should have lost their jobs. Shareholders should have suffered more pain. Taxpayers should have received substantial compensation for the risk they took. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.