What Went Wrong? Ask AIG’s Former Lawyer

This week’s installment of What Went Wrong includes an interview with the former head council for AIG, Ernest Patrikis. He weighs in on what could have happened if the Fed […]

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December 30, 2009

This week’s installment of What Went Wrong includes an interview with the former head council for AIG, Ernest Patrikis. He weighs in on what could have happened if the Fed didn’t bail out AIG. Mark Zandi, the chief economist and co-founder of Moody’s Economy.com, chats about a fantasy world without ratings agencies: would Google do as good a job?

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