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Crony Capitalism

Thomas B. Edsall

Crony Capitalism: How The Financial Industry Gets What It Wants

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Crony Capitalism, Goldman Sachs, Lobbying, Finance, Business News

The tilt of American policy in favor of the finance industry -- reflected in the policies of recent Treasury Secretaries Timothy Geithner, Henry Pauls...

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Botching the Bailout

The Media Consortium | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Neel Kashkari, Dennis Kucinich, Government Bailout, Bailout, Financial Crisis, Crony Capitalism, Business News
The Media Consortium

The Bush administration is squandering hundreds of billions of dollars on incompetence again -- the whole thing is beginning to look a little too much like Iraq.

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Parting Gifts

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Karl Rove, Bailout, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, Obama Transition, George H. W. Bush, Crony Capitalism, 2008 Election, Politics News
Nancy L. Cohen

Different judgments about the intentions of Bush senior in the transition period can be reached. In the sequel, however, it is becoming ever clearer that Bush junior is devoting his last days in power to a final orgy of cronyism.

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HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

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