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'Sometimes We Need Inflation'

New York Times | FLOYD NORRIS | Posted 10.12.2011 | Business
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It is time for a new lesson to be learned. Sometimes we need inflation, and now is such a time....

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Volcker Still 'Just A Photo Op'?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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When Paul Volcker was first appointed chairman of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, he really didn't expect to have much influence. ...

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Former Citigroup CEO Says Banks Shouldn't Mix With Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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A former CEO of Citigroup says there should be "some kind of separation" between commercial banking and investment activities, joining a growing list ...

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Obama Economic Board Has Yet To Hold Public Meeting

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Six weeks after President Barack Obama appointed a blue-ribbon panel to help him dig America out of its economic crisis, the board has yet to hold an ...

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Obama Getting Briefed By Volcker On Stimulus Plan's Effectiveness

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged that many families are suffering "incredible pain" from the economy but said his gove...

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Volcker: 'Shameful' That Treasury Is Understaffed

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Sounding off on hiring problems that we reported earlier this week, a leading economic adviser to President Obama today said it was "shameful" that th...

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Obama Economic Adviser Volcker "Increasingly Frustrated" By Delays, Blames Summers

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Paul Volcker has grown increasingly frustrated over delays in setting up the economic advisory group President Barack Obama picked the former Federal ...

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Obama and Volcker: Economic Solutions, Good; Summers and Geithner: Financial Solutions, Not Good.

Saskia Sassen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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The shadow banking system is not illegal or clandestine. It is in the open, but it has thrived on the opaqueness of the investment instruments, facilitated by their complexity.

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Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker Endorses Obama

Wall Street Journal | Jackie Calms | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, the latest big name to endorse Sen. Barack Obama, could give the Illinois Democrat a boost by lending hi...

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