[Riod]

Yes they did. They were stopped by their ideology. The government could have easily nationalized it.

Here's Paul Krugman talking about it right after Lehman went under: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/opinion/23krugman.html

[scott_s]

Your narrative is directly contradicted by Bernanke himself. Read the NY Times article I linked to that references his book. He is clear on the matter.

[Riod]

Bernanke and treasury alone could not have done it. The government could have. What he left out was that they never considered nationalizing the banks. No narrative here; just pointing out what a Nobel prize winning economist laid out.