Re: Disastro o cospirazione? Discussione sulla crisi economica in corso

Inviato da  Descartes il 10/10/2008 3:15:25

Il Washington Post la dice finalmente tutta... per gli usa è bancarotta, e bisogna cominciare ad ammetterlo e a non averne paura.... in fondo le bancarotte sono cose che succedono tutti i giorni...

It's Only Bankruptcy - Putting a Foundation Under the Financial System
By David Ignatius
Thursday, October 9, 2008; Page A21

[...]If the global economy were a single company, it would be nearing the point of declaring bankruptcy. That sounds scary, but I actually take comfort from the analogy. Bankruptcy doesn't mean a company has run out of good people or ideas, or that it's going to stop making products. It means that it's out of money and must seek the protection of the government to continue operating. Bankruptcy, if properly managed, is a workout process that provides a pathway back to solvency.[..]

For the U.S. financial system, the equivalent of the bankruptcy court is the de facto rescue committee headed by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. That rescue mission so far has focused on pumping liquidity into the system, but it's had little effect -- because terrified banks aren't willing to lend. The rescue committee should move now to a larger task of trusteeship -- of supervising the orderly clearing of debts in an economy where trust has vanished, as is often the case in an ordinary bankruptcy.[...]

[...]But take heart in the fact that bankruptcy is an everyday fact of life and that under sensible management it's a process of stewardship rather than a death sentence. We know how to do this job -- how to use public trustees to protect private companies and their workers when markets fail.[...]

fonte: www.washingtonpost.com