Overhauling GM's capital structure is the priority, but the government wants other changes, too.

FORBES: OutFront

What is genuinely new in all this is not so much the idea of bundling risks, but the idea that transferring them changes the firm's structure and cost of capital.

ECONOMIST: Corporate finance

Among the changes that could be made: streamlining of banks' regulatory structure, the implementation of capital requirements and increased powers for the Federal Reserve.

FORBES: Election 2008