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Goldman Sachs Alums Who've Held Top Government Positions "Long On Hubris," "Tarnished": Felix Salmon

Felix Salmon | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine, Lehman Brothers, Stephen Friedman, Christopher Cox, Hank Paulson, Robert Rubin, New York Fed, Business News

With Jon Corzine losing the governorship of New Jersey yesterday, it was yet another bad day for former heads of Goldman Sachs. It's worth running dow...

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Let Us Now Praise Uppity Women

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Commodities Futures Trading Commission Brooksley Born, Citibank, Banks, Financial Crisis, Larry Summers, Alan Greenspan, Brooksley Born, Citigroup, Regulation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Regulation, Business News
Linda R. Monk, J.D.

Women like Brooksley Born have a long history of being whistle-blowers in systems dominated by men. Perhaps this time Congress -- and the American people -- will listen.

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Zooming In On the Year's Biggest Hoax

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Tarp, Timothy Geithner, Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Balloon Boy, Robert Rubin, Dick Gephardt, Business News
Robert Scheer

If only we could get one of the banking lobbyists or a Goldman Sachs executive to float away in a duct-taped flying saucer balloon, Wolf Blitzer and the rest of cable news might cover the real hoax.

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Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Foreclosures, Populism, Ronald Reagan, Larry Summers, Globalization, Economic Bill of Rights, Republic Windows and Doors, Goldman Sachs, Capitalism: A Love Story, General Motors, Dennis Kucinich, General Motors Bankruptcy, Roger & Me, Plutonomy, Financial Deregulation, Deindustrialization, Bill Clinton, Economic Crisis, Flint, Democracy, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Oligarchy, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sicko, Robert Rubin, Glass-Steagall Act, Jimmy Carter, Michael Moore, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Anis Shivani

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

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Big Deficit, Bob Rubin, and the Strong Dollar

Dean Baker | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Trade Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, Dollar, US Dollar, Robert Rubin, Business News
Dean Baker

Does Robert Rubin know that his strong dollar policy directly contradicts his fixation with low budget deficits? Either he is ignorant of the fundamentals of economics or he is dishonest.

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Obama White House Doesn't Understand American Interest vs. Corporate Interest

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Corporate Real Estate, Small Business Administration, Bank Recapitalization, George Soros, Citibank, Timothy Geithner, US Economy, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

The Obama administration's approach to trying to move the economy forward demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding about how corporate behavior works.

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The Greening of Goldman Sachs

David Paul | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Fdic, TARP Money, Aig, Henry Paulson, Credit Default Swaps, Citigroup, Business News
David Paul

The US economic turnaround may not be complete. The AIG turnaround may not be complete. The GM turnaround may not be complete. But Goldman Sachs is back.

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The Root of Madoff's Evil

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Economy, Economic Crisis, Deregulation, Regulation, Bernard Madoff, Sec, Business News
Robert Scheer

How convenient for the judge and the media to paint Bernard Madoff as Mr. Evil, a uniquely venal blight on an otherwise responsible financial industry in which money is handled honestly and with transparency.

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Get Politics Out of the Bedroom and Politicians' Bedrooms Out of Politics

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Sex Scandals, Robert Rubin, Mark Sanford, Larry Summers and Barack Obama, Gay Rights, Clinton Affair, Governor Mark Sanford, Republican Hypocrisy, Max Baucus, Larry Summers, Obama Gay Rights, Robert Rubin Citibank, Sanford Affair, Mark Sanford Stimulus, Republican Sex Scandal, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

Here's the deal America should make with our politicians. You stay out of our bedroom, and we'll stay out of yours.

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The Clinton Bubble

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Timothy Geithner, Bailout, Clinton, Economy, Lawrence Summers, Obama, Robert Rubin, Citigroup, Business News
Robert Scheer

Has Timothy Geithner ever had lunch with a non-megamillionaire who has lost his job or home because of the banking meltdown?

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Jason Linkins

Clinton Media Coach Guiding Geithner

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Michael Sheehan, Tim Geithner, Politics News

It seems like only yesterday that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was earning universal derision for that time he appeared in public after being h...

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Obama's Toxic Advisers

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack obama.economy, Goldman Sachs, Bailout, Treasury, Aig, Robert Rubin, Gary Gensler, Bernie Sanders, Business News
Robert Scheer

Like most Americans, I am eager for Obama to succeed, but I see the nomination of Gary Gensler as further evidence that the president has entrusted his economic policy to the wrong people.

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Wall Street, Geithner, and Defunct Economics Threaten Obama's Leadership

Ann Pettifor | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Robert Rubin, Wall Street Bailout, Nelson Mandela, Timothy Geithner, Alan Greenspan, Wall Street, Lawrence Summers, Financial Crisis, Business News
Ann Pettifor

President Obama is in danger of making the same mistake Nelson Mandela made. Obama is abrogating power to shape the recovery of the US economy, and handing over the leadership to Wall Street and lesser mortals.

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A Crime to Make Money

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fed, Taxes, Rush Limbaugh, Charles Rangel, Connecticut, Chris Dodd, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, New York City, Chas Freeman, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Elections, Aig, Andrew Cuomo, Bailout, Countrywide, Finance, Tim Geithner, Citibank, Israel, Treasury, Ben Bernanke, Housing Crisis, Wall Street Bonuses, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Madoff, Republican Party, Senate, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

It seems to have finally dawned on government leaders that bonus recipients are not the only ones who should be afraid.

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Lessons from AIG

Robert Weissman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Wall Street Bailout, Aig Bonuses, Financial Derivatives, Antitrust, Larry Summers, Aig, Rubin, Alan Greenspan, Executive Compensation, Wall Street Bonuses, Glass-Steagall, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Robert Weissman

What is vital now is that the public's righteous anger is not expressed only as "no." There are a lot of things to which We The People do need to say "no." But we need a lot of "yes's," too.

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What Did Geithner Know and When Did He Know It?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig Bonuses, New York Times, Banks, Aig, Wall Street Bubble, Bankers, Sec, Robert Rubin, Tim Geithner, Wall Street, Executive Compensation, Citigroup, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Geithner got into this trouble because he saw Wall Street as his main constituency rather than the American people.

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Alexander Hamilton's Scorn: Reflecting on AIG, Goldman, Hank Paulson and Bob Rubin

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alexander Hamilton, Bank of New York, Department of the Treasury, Hamilton Project, Executive Bonuses, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Citibank, Tom Daschle, Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner, American Financial Crisis, Nancy Killifer, Ron Chernow, Politics News
Steve Clemons

While many are criticizing the gross AIG taxpayer-funded bonuses of senior executives, the truth is that this kind of corruption is relatively small time -- even at $165 million -- and was predictable.

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The Tricky 2009 Politics of Finance

Kevin Phillips | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Clinton, Robert Rubin, Geithner, Neel Kashkari, Wall Street Bailout, Hank Paulson, Bailout, Rahm Emanuel, Tim Geithner, Henry Paulson, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Business News
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.

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Looking for Bailout Love in All the Wrong Places

Don McNay | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup CEO, Wall Street Bailout, Hank Paulson, Wayne Rogers, Lobbyists, Credit Card Rates, Todd Thomson, Fox Business Network, Common Sense, Aig, Citigroup Rescue, Bailout, Insurance, Maria Bartiromo, Hank Greenberg, Mash, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Personal Finance, Credit Card Industry, New AIG Bailout, Bad People, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, Auto Insurance, Cnbc, AIG Bailout, Don McNay, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Insurance Companies, Insurance Industry, Robert Rubin, Debt Collectors, Citigroup Stock, Credit Card Interest Rates, Wall Street Crisis, Citigroup Bailout, Good People, American Insurance Group, Bad-Deals, Ron Shelp, Good-Deals, Citigroup, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Don McNay

Citigroup and AIG employ thousands of good people. But they have had rotten apples in leadership. They created a culture that is probably impossible to change or fix.

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Don Knotts at Treasury

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 03.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Robert Rubin, Timothy Geithner, Don Knotts, Bank Bailout, David Axelrod, Rahm Emmanuel, Obama's Cabinet, Comedy News
Jerry and Joe Long

Timothy Geithner trusts the people who write the fine print on your credit card statement. If Don Knotts was alive, he'd be nervous.

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Shameful Bankers: Time for a Revolution

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Russ Feingold, Financial Industry, John Thain, Economy, Barney Frank, Ponzi Scheme, Capitalism, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Marxism, Richard Fuld, Treasury, Timothy Geithner, Socialism, Bank Bailout, Tarp, Bailout Bandits, Business News
Paul Jenkins

While there are many victims in the colossal Ponzi scheme that is the American economy, few of these victims have not in some way been complicit.

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Does Obama Know What He Is Doing?

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Alexander Hamilton, Cia, Economy, Barney Frank, George W. Bush, Iraq, Democratic Party, Dick Cheney, Iran, Economic Stimulus Package, Gaza, Finance, Secreatary of the Treasury, Citibank, Timothy Geithner, Health Care, Republican Party, Tarp, Bill Clinton, Zimbabwe, Congress, Barack Obama, Transportation, Vikram Pandit, Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Christina Romer, Schip, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Senate, North Korea, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Let's not lose sight of the fact that, like Cheney, these political and business leaders all think they know what they are doing.

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Robert Rubin Gets His Pink Slip: Good Riddance

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Financial Crisis, Class Warfare, Robert Rubin Citibank, Working Life, Robert Rubin, Transition Team, Citigroup, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

The downside to letting Rubin slip quietly from his role at Citigroup is that he leaves with enough of his reputation intact that he still holds some sway in Washington.

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Robert Rubin Resigns As Citigroup Adviser

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Rubin Resigns, Citi, Citigroup, Robert Rubin, Robert Rubin Citibank, Business News

NEW YORK — Officials at the embattled banks Citigroup and Morgan Stanley will negotiate over the weekend about possibly combining their wealth m...

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Obama's Perilous Compromise with Looters

Jeffrey Klein | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Economy, Obama Inauguration, Obama Administration, Financial Crisis, Bernard Madoff, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jeffrey Klein

Tragically, the architects of the current economic fiasco have been placed in charge of America's recovery. President-elect Obama has made an enormous mistake.

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