Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Tim Geithner
Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle
Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren’t just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy – they’re re-creating the conditions for another crash MATT TAIBBI Posted Feb 17, 2010 5:57 AM On January 21st, Lloyd Blankfein left a peculiar voicemail message on the work phones of his employees at Goldman Sachs. Fast […]
MoreBig Banks Get Big Time Changes
Jun 17, 7:13 PM (ET) By JIM KUHNHENN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) – From simple home loans to Wall Street’s most exotic schemes, the government would impose and enforce sweeping new “rules of the road” for the nation’s battered financial system under an overhaul proposed Wednesday by President Barack Obama. Aimed at […]
MoreGreenwald: The Individuals Obama Chose to be His Top Economic Officials Embody Exactly the Corruption He Repeatedly Vowed to End
Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and Wall Street’s ownership of government Glenn Greenwald- SALON Apr. 04, 2009 | White House officials yesterday released their personal financial disclosure forms, and included in the millions of dollars which top Obama economics adviser Larry Summers made from Wall Street in 2008 is this detail: Lawrence H. Summers, one of […]
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