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Neil Barofsky's 'Bailout' As An Anthropological Study Of Washington's Awfulness

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.25.2012 | Politics

Neil Barofsky, who served as the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program from December of 2008 to February 14, 2011, has a new...

George Clooney Tackling Washington, Wall Street In New Film

Posted 06.14.2011 | Entertainment

George Clooney is set to produce -- and perhaps direct -- "700 Billion Man," a new film about the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent government ...

Which Side Are You On? Alice Rivlin and the Wall Street Bailout King, or Social Security?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Richard (RJ) Eskow

There's only one problem with the argument that Social Security spending "drives out" education and other budget items: Those aging people have paid into a self-sustaining program for their entire working lives.

Jason Linkins

Neel Kashkari, TARP Guru, Supports Cutting Entitlements, Citing 'Me-First' Attitude Of Beneficiaries

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Remember Neel Kashkari? Back during the financial crisis, Kashkari sat at the U.S. Treasury's Office of Financial Stability, where he was in charge o...

Parents Missing the Boat on Health Risks of Teens and Sleep

Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Kari Henley

Our interest in monitoring and controlling their sleep dramatically drops off after they are fully walking and talking. Why is that?

Revolving Door Spins Faster: Ex-Treasury, Goldman Official Takes Job At BlackRock

bloomberg.com | Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam and James Sterngold | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager, hired former Treasury official and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Kendrick ...

Jason Linkins

Washington Post Profiles Neel Kashkari As Recession-Era Victim [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

This weekend's Face Of The Recession is Goldman Sachs's own Kashkari, late of the U.S. Treasury's Office of Financial Stability, where he was in charge of the implementation, such as it was, of the TARP.

Neel Kashkari: Former Bailout Czar Takes A Reclusive Turn

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The moon hits his stubble, which is six days old. And the sweater he hasn't changed in three or four days. His BlackBerry -- he can't kick it -- rang ...

Pimco To Branch Into Actively Managed Stock Funds

latimes.com | Tom Petruno | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Bond mutual fund titan Pimco is jumping the fence -- into stock picking. The Newport Beach firm, perhaps the world's best-known bond investor, said...

Shahien Nasiripour

Bush TARP Head: Obama Picking Up Where We Left Off, "Actions Are Very Consistent" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

When it comes to bank bailouts, the Obama administration is continuing right where the Bush administration left off, says the former high-ranking offi...

The Audacity of Greed

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Robyn O'Brien

As we stand by watching Henry Paulson use our taxpayer dollars for the government's leveraged buyout of Goldman Sachs, I am struck by the audacity of greed.

Geithner's Last Stand

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Robert Kuttner

The indignation over AIG will serve a useful purpose if it focuses public attention on the much larger issue of the failure of the entire approach that Tim Geithner and Larry Summers are using to rescue the banking system.

The Tricky 2009 Politics of Finance

Kevin Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Kevin Phillips

Paulson has left, to be sure, but his spirit (and his aides) linger on under Geithner. This doesn't quite seem like "real" change.

Thomas B. Edsall

The End Of Bailout Transparency: How Treasury Lets Private Institutions Hide Public Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

In the early days, every public official associated with TARP--the $700 billion Targeted Asset Relief Program--promised openness and transparency. "W...

You Morons, What Have You Done With Our Money?

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Gail Vida Hamburg

Was it too much to ask Congress to examine this government intervention in the free market critically before authorizing the transfer of US taxpayer dollars to benefit the banking sector?

Congress Blasts Kashkari Over TARP (Slideshow)

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

It was a rough week for Neel Kashkari -- during the hearing this past Wednesday, titled the "Oversight Concerns Regarding Treasury Department Conduct ...

Neel Kashkari's Congressional Gauntlet: TARP Overseer Takes Heat From Both Sides

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

He had barely finished his opening remarks Wednesday when the public grilling began. Neel Kashkari appeared before the House Financial Services Com...

Treasury Lacks Management, Control, Say Auditors

Wall Street Journal | MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department has failed to address a number of critical issues while implementing the $700 billion financial rescue plan, inc...

Treasury Struggling To Hire Enough Staff To Handle $700B Rescue Plan

Wall Street Journal | MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has made his most important Treasury Department personnel choice, but Timothy Geithner has big personnel cha...

Neel Kashkari's Stock Plummeting Like the Dow Jones

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Disgrasian

Last week, Neel Kashkari appeared before Congress, where he was called a "chump" by Maryland Dem Elijah Cummings.

Kashkari: One Of People's Sexiest Men Alive

Silicon Alley Insider | Caroline Waxler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

This explains why he got such a harsh grilling the other day in Congress. Nobody likes a pretty boy! Wonder if he knew in his Ferrari-posing high sch...

Botching the Bailout

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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.

Treasury Pays $33.56B To 21 Banks, Next Round Of Applications Open

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON — The government said Monday it has supplied $33.56 billion to 21 banks in a second round of payments from the $700 billion rescue pr...

"Is Kashkari A Chump?" (VIDEO)

CNBC, AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Assistant Secretary of Treasury Neel Kashkari, the man in charge of the bailout, went to Washington, DC, today to testify in Congress. They didn't exa...

Neel Kashkari, Bailout Czar, Not A Fan Of Public Questions

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

When it came time for questions, the former Goldman Sachs executive told the eager audience that he had time for just "two or three." In response to ...