More TARP Bashing

There is an interesting column by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers circulating on the web that could pass under the title "all economists agree." While I would add my name to most of the propositions on the list, at the risk of losing my economist license, I have to disagree with their comments on the TARP.

Stevenson and Wolfers ask us to:

"consider the widely despised bank bailouts. Populist politicians on both sides have taken to pounding the table against them (in many cases, only after...