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Obama's Wall Street Woes

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

Obama presented his economic team -- all protégés of Robert Rubin -- just as the Treasury was pumping out billions to rescue Citibank -- which featured Rubin as chair of its executive committee. Is this the change we need?

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Obama Appoints Berkeley Professor Christina Romer to Chair Council of Economic Advisers

Rob Kall | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

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Rob Kall

Romer wrote, if not the book, at least the chapter for Encyclopedia Britannica on the Great Depression.

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Who Wasn't On Stage With Obama and Should Have Been?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

I'm not satisfied with the roster of economic personalities and thinkers we see Barack Obama mixing with.

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