(The Economist) IF HANK PAULSON had not already lost all his hair, he would surely be tearing it out right now. America’s treasury secretary must have thought saving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored housing enterprises, would restore confidence to the financial system. But the stockmarket rally lasted just one day, before investors switched their worries to Lehman Brothers, a struggling investment bank.
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