Bank nationalization may not be the policy preference of Democrats and Republicans alike, but it may well be the last resort of both parties, as more and more analysts say nationalization is no longer ...

Bank nationalization may not be the policy preference of Democrats and Republicans alike, but it may well be the last resort of both parties, as more and more analysts say nationalization is no longer ...

This column was written by The Editors of the New Republic. In the brief weeks that Barack Obama has been president, the n-word has been heard with startling frequency in Washington. We're talking ...

This post was written by Sarah Dutton and Jennifer De Pinto. There has been talk recently about the possibility of nationalizing ailing U.S. banks, especially as the government's ownership stake rises ...

Matt Yglesias puts forward some of the current arguments for nationalizing insolvent banks; Paul Krugman and Felix Salmon are pushing a similar approach. Maybe, but I'm not yet convinced. It's easy ...

A group of Russian business owners reportedly spoke with President Vladimir Putin this week about their fear of nationalization in the country. Representatives of some of Russia's largest businesses ...

Patrice Motsepe works so hard to preserve his mystique that you’d be forgiven for thinking South Africa’s first black billionaire is a rather reticent man. He is anything but. An enigma perhaps, but ...

Tyler Cowen makes the important point that when it comes to nationalization, nationalizing one bank isn’t the problem. The problem is that once you nationalize, or even start talking seriously about ...

A Newsweek poll released over the weekend suggests that Americans may be more amendable than previously believed to the idea of a government takeover of major banks. The specific question posed by the ...

Talk of "nationalizing the banks" is in the air again this week, as President Obama hits the road to sell his recovery plan and Tim Geithner, the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

I had a fascinating talk with a government official who will, sadly, have to go unnamed and undescribed. I wanted to know if the rumors are true and many in government see nationalization of the banks ...