As an alternative, Mr. Kane suggests forcing large and implicitly guaranteed institutions like Citigroup to give taxpayers an equitable interest in them.
It can do so with impunity, since the incoming chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Spencer Bachus, has already guaranteed institutions like Citi a pass.
However, although such guaranteeing institutions are cropping up in developing countries, they do not have the required outreach among the poor.
Recent events have strengthened the case for "narrow banks", limiting government guarantees to institutions that make only tightly circumscribed investments.
"I DO not believe it is possible in France, any more than in any other Latin country, to reconcile the allocation of considerable powers to a single man on the one hand, with serious guarantees for institutions and civil liberties on the other".
"The problem is that people don't want to be subject to the idiosyncratic performance of a different part of the bank over which they have no control," says Mitch Petrick, Morgan Stanley's head of sales and trading.Another caveat is that even significant levels of share ownership do not guarantee an institution's long-term health.
Chairman Alan Yentob added, "This is a terrific appointment for the ICA... Ekow is not only a passionate advocate for the arts but the breadth of his interests and experience right across the cultural spectrum will guarantee the institution a strong forward-thinking artistic vision".
The U.S. Constitution guarantees religious institutions and people the right to disapprove of same sex marriage.
Compare that with the $50 billion already given to Citigroup, plus an astounding $300 billion to guarantee that institution's toxic assets.
While the future of each individual country hangs in the balance, the future of Arab cinema is pretty much guaranteed by institutions like the Doha Film Institute, dedicated to educating young filmmaker, spreading awareness of regional cinema and funding upcoming projects.
The accuracy of these data stored at GMTV database is guaranteed by institutions that revealed the disease, performed microbiological tests and genomic data analysis (spoligotyping and WGS).
