Save the bankers? Or the biosphere?

Notes: These words were spoken by George Monbiot on a BBC news programme, July 2011.

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"Are we going to go down in history as the people who saved the bankers and let the biosphere go down?" —George Monbiot

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John Russell

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07/19/2011

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by Walter

September 14, 2011

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Money is useful. If it's used for useful things.

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by Makan

May 14, 2012

Both pay dividends

According to some measures, the US bailout of banks has returned a dividend to taxpayers. So, maybe a well-structured bank bailout can return a profit that can be invested in the biosphere?

It's not quite either/or. But it sure sounds snappy!

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/30/news/economy/tarp_program/index.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/bank-tarp_n_1335006.html

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