Should AIG Have Been Allowed to Fail?

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Complete video at: fora.tv Economists Ward Hanson and Michael Lehmann disagree on whether the government should have bailed out AIG. While Lehmann warns that "the contagion would have spread" if AIG failed, Hanson says AIG demonstrates a "systematic failure of the regulatory structure." ----- A panel of professors discuss how to spot an upturn in the current economic landscape at the Seventh Annual Marketing Forum hosted by The Economist in San Francisco. Speakers include: Ward Hanson, ...