Geithner Summers

With Larry Summers' World Bank Bid in Trouble, Mexico Insists on Open Process

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.19.2012

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Robert Naiman

President Obama should ask Geithner for a completely new short list, one with three real candidates who all want the job, and all of whom can pass muster with the member countries of the World Bank.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Geithner Calendar: Met Goldman's Blankfein More Often Than Pelosi, Reid, McConnell, Boehner (EXCLUSIVE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scroll down for the interactive chart of Geithner's schedule Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has met more often with Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blan...

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The Geithner-Summers Plan is Even Worse Than We Thought

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Sachs

Geithner and Summers tell us that their plan is the only option, but without a word of further explanation as to why. Let them explain to America why the other proposals are not being pursued.

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A Trillion Dollars for the Banks: How About a Second Opinion?

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dean Baker

Given how much money Tim Geithner wants to spend -- putting it in the hands of the folks that brought on this economic crisis -- it would seem appropriate to first examine all the alternatives.

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Jeffrey Sachs: Obama's Bank Plan Could Rob The Taxpayer

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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T he Geithner-Summers plan, officially called the public/private investment programme, is a thinly veiled attempt to transfer up to hundreds of bill...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Between A Rock And A Hard Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

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The decision by the Bush and Obama administrations to use taxpayer money to prop up troubled financial institutions has produced a growing populist o...

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