Photo: #Demonstrators protest the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the Financial District in New York on September 25, 2008. Two years later, Americans remain divided on the bailout.
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Demonstrators protest the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the Financial District in New York on September 25, 2008. Two years later, Americans remain divided on the bailout. (NICHOLAS ROBERTS/AFP/Getty Images)

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The impact of the bailout


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As the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) comes to an end, economists debate the impact of the bailouts on America's troubled economy. But even if it's deemed a success, politicians appear to be publicly denouncing the program in advance of the fall elections.

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  • Simon Johnson: MIT economics professor, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute, and author of "13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown."
  • David Cho: Business editor, Washington Post.

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