It was February 2008, and Henry M. Paulson Jr., a prince of Wall Street turned secretary of the Treasury, was reflecting on his biggest achievement to...
Diane Francis | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business
Goldman Sachs cannot argue that the proceeds it received from the AIG rescue did not constitute an indirect bailout any more than can auto parts makers who are saved by Detroit's bailout.
Sheldon Filger | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business
Paulson's posture has been consistently maintained by the "masters of the universe" since the onset of the economic crisis: privatize the profits (especially after radical deregulation) but socialize all losses.
Gerald McEntee | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business
Bush and McCain have turned a blind eye to those who are struggling to keep their homes. Back then they were talking about "market correction." Only now are they talking about government intervention.
David Bromwich | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics
The banking crisis, in the manner of its management, now looks like the October surprise one week early and with one week longer to turn it to advantage.
Jeff Chang | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
In the Bronx in the '70s, slumlords bought up apartment buildings, then hired arsonists to burn them down so that they could pocket the insurance money. Who was left homeless? As with this bailout, not the slumlords.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics
Senator Christopher Dodd opened today's Senate Banking Committee hearing by offering deep concern over the bailout package proposal that's been put fo...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
GET MORE UPDATES ON THE BAILOUT A critical - and radical - component of the bailout package proposed by the Bush administration has thus far faile...
Washington Post | Neil Irwin | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. plans to call today for the Federal Reserve to be given new, explicit powers to intervene in the workings of W...
Thomson Financial | Posted 04.20.2008 | Business
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today warned that the US economy is not yet out of trouble, and said the combination of the housing correction, fi...
McClatchy Newspapers | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson makes public on Monday a new blueprint for regulation of the turbulent financial markets, one that has plenty to do w...
New York Times | By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and FLOYD NORRIS | Posted 04.06.2008 | Business
The Bush administration is proposing the broadest overhaul of Wall Street regulation since the Great Depression. But the plan, to be unveiled on Monda...
Vanity Fair | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business