Fcic Testimony

Can We Take Away Alan Greenspan's Pension?

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dean Baker

Joe Nocera gets most of the story right in his NY Times discussion of the FCIC report; there was gross negligence, greed, and outright fraud -- but this wouldn't have lead to catastrophic consequences if we didn't have a housing bubble.

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If It's Incredible, Don't Believe It

Peter J. Wallison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter J. Wallison

Only in the fever-swamps of the left could anyone believe that the Republicans on the FCIC sought to "ban" the words "Wall Street," "shadow banking," "interconnection," and "deregulation" from the commission's report.

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Ben Bernanke's Summer Reading List

nytimes.com | SEWELL CHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben S. Bernanke was an economist at Stanford and Princeton for more than two decades before he moved to Washington to 2002, first as a member of the F...

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Bernanke Testifying Before Financial Crisis Panel

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

FCIC Testimony: Credit Rating Agency Execs Say They Couldn't Say No To Wall Street, Buffett Testifies

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: 5:45 PM - Moody's Former Execs: Firm Lusted After Profits More former top executives at Moody's Investors Service testified Wednesday that a ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Financial Crisis Commission Testimony, Day 2: Read The Latest Updates

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION UPDATES: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission held its second day of hearings in Washington today. (Watch the ...

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