Calculated Risk responds to Obama’s words on nationalization:
…stop and think about what Obama is saying. We know the correct answer, but we are afraid to do it – because of our "culture" – so we are going to follow the Japanese plan.
Roubini also wants to nationalize:
Wasting another 6-12 months may risk turning a U-shaped recession into an L-shaped near depression but currently [nationalization] is not yet politically feasible.