Bernanke Reconfirmation

Bernanke's Reappointment: A Colossal Failure Of Governance

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simon Johnson

Have we really reached the situation where the Senate must bow down before financial markets and high-ranking executives who are really just talking their book?

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Geithner On Move Your Money: Not A Good Idea (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner does not think that Move Your Money is a good idea. Geithner addressed the campaign against too-big-to-fail ba...

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Questions For Ben Bernanke's Senate Hearing

Washington's Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate Banking Committee will be chatting with Ben Bernanke this Thursday to vote on his reappointment. Demand that the Committee ask the followi...

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Bernanke Made A 'Pig's Breakfast' Of the Financial Crisis: Christopher Whalen (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Did Ben Bernanke deserve to be named Time's "Person of the Year"? "Absolutely not," Christopher Whalen, managing director of Institutional Risk Anal...

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