# Prof. George Smith on the US government's involvement in private companies

1 Faculty News October 31, 2011 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt [The Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203707504577007782800563826.html?KEYWORDS=george+smith) -- "'It was never expected to be easy for the government to get out' of companies it rescued, says George Smith, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business."

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