Eventually the government might be forced to nationalize a large swath of the banking sector, but they'll be dragged kicking and screaming. Yesterday's non-bailout announcement aimed to preserve the status quo, and Obama himself dismissed the idea that the US could adopt the Swedish model in an interview with ABC...Pity.
The Swedish Model
As the [college] site that I lifted the picture from said:
(okay, sorry we know its tacky)
[hey, come on we're an all boy's team, what'd you expect!]