Famous Last Words?

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In his statement celebrating the passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill last week, President Obama said: “There will be no more taxpayer-funded bailouts — period.”

Really? Let’s assume Obama is right. Even under the best-case scenario, in which Dodd-Frank performs exactly as its technocratic architects intended, the legislation would — with all necessary caveats attached — prevent bailouts just in the financial sector.

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