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Volcker: Obama Socialist Claims Have 'No Connection With Reality'

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 03.25.2012

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Paul Volcker sounded off on critics of President Obama in an interview with CBS's Anthony Mason. Asked whether he agrees with accusations that the...

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Behind Obama's Decision To Toughen Stance On Big Banks

Wall Street Journal | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 05.25.2011

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For nearly a year, President Barack Obama's economic team resisted measures to restrict the size and activities of the biggest U.S. banks. Two days af...

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Why Obama Is (Finally) Taking on Wall Street

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratscan't target big government because Republicans do that one better, especially when they're out of power. So what's the alternative? Wall Street.

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Obama Turns To Populist Pitch To Reclaim Anti-Establishment Mantle

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House and Congress Democrats are launching a major populist initiative in an effort to lead, rather than suffer from, the anti-Wall Street,...

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Financial Times: If Obama Trust-Busted The Banks

ft.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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America's top bankers ought not to lose too much sleep over the planned levy on US financial institutions. What should keep them up at night is what e...

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Bank Tax Won't Stop "Doomsday Cycle": Simon Johnson

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The last few weeks of political developments around the American-European financial system make us feel like we are back in the USSR. During the final...

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Obama: Big Banks Must Fulfill Their Responsibility To Ensure A Wider Recovery

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Big banks that got big bailout bucks should return the favor by lending more to qualified small businesses, President Barack Obama ...

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President Obama To Bank Execs: You Guys Are Like Overpaid Pitchers -- And You Didn't Win The World Series

Posted 05.25.2011

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ABC News has more details from Obama's meeting with top banking executives on Monday -- according to their White House source, the President told the ...

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Krugman: Not Clear That Obama Is Ready To " Take On The Bankers"

New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the grim period that followed Lehman's failure, it seemed inconceivable that bankers would, just a few months later, be going right back to the pra...

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White House Expecting Banks Will Need More Money, But Not From Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama White House acknowledged on Monday that the forthcoming stress test reports on the nation's largest banks will likely reveal that several of...

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