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Geithner's Stress Test Sham

Wall Street's fiscal report cards came out Thursday afternoon. Frank Partnoy argues they prove only one thing: the government will go to any lengths to prop up the nation's worthless banks.

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There are two problems with the financial “stress tests,” the results of which have been leaking all week like pools of subprime mortgages. First, they weren’t stressful.

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