As time has passed it has become increasingly clear that there was far more insolvency in the crisis than was claimed at the time, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shifting decisively toward the insolvency interpretation while Citigroup and Bank of America remain ambiguous.

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Arnold Kling

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as time passes I think it increasingly becomes clear that there was a lot more insolvency than people claimed at the time

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Arnold Kling on the Unseen World of Banking, Mortgages, and Government 07/5/2010EconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 7:04:06 PM

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