First Post From the USA and First Post From the New MacBook

Just time for a quickie:

1. NYT: Bailout Plan: $2.5 Trillion and a Strong U.S. Hand
2. NYT Graphic: The Government’s $8.8 Trillion Bailout Tab
3. Nouriel Roubini: Treasury’s Financial Stability Plan: Will It Work?
4. Nouriel Roubini: It Is Time to Nationalize Insolvent Banking Systems
5. Video and My Comments: Obama and Henrietta Hughes at Town Hall Meeting

UPDATE: Two additional articles:

1. NYT: Stopping a Financial Crisis, the Swedish Way
   (September 2008)
2. Matthew Richardson and Nouriel Roubini: Nationalize the Banks! We’re all Swedes Now (current)