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Robert Rubin

From Wall St. To Washington: Famous Moments In Revolving Door History

Posted 01.11.2012 | Business

Read More: Bill Clinton, Treasury Department, Financial Reform, George W. Bush, Wall Street Reform, Bill Daley, Peter Orszag, Mark Patterson, Jack Lew, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Washington Wall Street, Wall Street, Wall Street Regulation, Rahm Emanuel, Henry Paulson, Robert Steel, Financial Regulation, Business News

Want to get to Washington? Try going through Wall Street. As a look at any recent presidential administration will show, people move between the two w...

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How the "Smartest" Guys in the Room Screwed Up the World... and Why the 99% Movement Will K eep Challenging Them in 2012

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.23.2011 | Politics

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Robert Rubin, Hank Paulson, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Larry Summers, Jamie Dimon, Alan Greenspan, Occupy Movement, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

They're considered the "Smartest Guys in the Room" (yeah, they're mostly guys). They're the financial "wizards" like Robert Rubin, Hank Paulson, Lloy...

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Obama's Populism and the Ghost of Teddy Roosevelt

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 02.05.2012 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Citigroup, Wall Street Prosecutions, Teddy Roosevelt, Larry Summers, Peter Oszag, Barack Obama, Bank Criminality, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

This morning Barack Obama channeled one of American history's truly transformative figures by visiting the tiny Kansas town where Teddy Roosevelt gave his "New Nationalism" speech over a century ago.

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The Greatest Hoax in the History of Money: The Fed, The Banks, and All Those Lies

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.31.2012 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Robert Rubin, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Brian Moynihan, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Jamie Dimon, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

You can believe in the free market, or you can believe in today's Wall Street. But you can't do both.

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Suskind's Confidence Men Raises Questions About Obama's Credibility

Dan Froomkin | Posted 01.31.2012 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Confidence Men, Ron Suskind, Tim Geithner, Larry Summers, Bill Daley, Peter Orszag, Jack Lew, Gene Sperling, Barack Obama, White House Economic Team, Politics News
Dan Froomkin

The higher Barack Obama soars with his populist rhetoric, the more he calls attention to the enormous gap between the promise of hope and change that he campaigned on in 2008 and the actions he has taken as president -- especially regarding the economy.

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Wishful Thinking for a Hillary Clinton Presidency Is Based On Faulty Premises

Asher Smith | Posted 01.23.2012 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton, Rahm Emanuel, Ron Suskind, Patrick Caddell, Larry Summers, Hillary Clinton, Doug Schoen, Mark Penn, Barack Obama, Politics News
Asher Smith

Much of the pining for Hillary Clinton seems to be premised on mis-targeted liberal nostalgia for a version of Bill Clinton's presidency that never happened.

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California Refuses to Accept Obama's Banking Sellout

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Government, Law, Greed, California, Clinton, Economy, Banks, Sec, Obama, Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Citigroup, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Forget relying on the federal government to hold the Wall Street swindlers accountable. Indeed, the Obama administration has been involved in negotiating a deal with state attorneys general to settle their complaints with the banks for a pittance of compensation for the victims.

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Too Big to Jail

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.02.2012 | Business

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Robert Scheer, Government, Citi, Barack Obama, Bailout, Money, Clinton, Economy, Lawrence Summers, Obama, Robert Rubin, Campaign, Citigroup, Business News
Robert Scheer

Why has Robert Rubin, the onetime treasury secretary who went on to become Citigroup chairman during the time of the corporation's financial shenanigans, never been held accountable for this and other deep damage done to the U.S. economy on his watch?

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Hackers Release Data On Ex-Treasury Secretary

The Huffington Post | Gerald Smith | Posted 12.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Cybersecurity, Robert Rubin, CabinCr3w Robert Rubin, Video, Robert Rubin Hack, cabincr3w, Robert Rubin Hacked, Hackers, Technology News

Hackers have posted what they claim is the personal information of former Goldman Sachs executive Robert Rubin and his family. On the file-sharing ...

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Behind The Bipartisan 'Austerity Class' That Rules Washington

The Nation | Ari Berman | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics

Read More: Simpson-Bowles Commission, Congress, Kent Conrad, Jobs, Deficit Reduction, Austerity Class, Pete Peterson, Gang of Six, Peter Orszag, Peterson, Deficit Commission, Austerity, Robert Rubin, Deficit, Unemployment, Simpson-Bowles, David Brooks, Rubin, Tom Friedman, Politics News

In September the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a bipartisan deficit-hawk group based at the New America Foundation, held a high-p...

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Why Is the Obama Administration Enabling Retirement Rip-offs?

Jane White | Posted 12.12.2011 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Obama Administration, Get Money Out, Dylan Ratigan, Annuity, 401k, Phyllis Borzi, Politics News
Jane White

Rather than requiring employers to make 401(k) plans as generous as pensions, the Obama Administration appears to be duping older workers into thinking they are ready and simply need a product that will stretch their puny nest egg over a lifetime.

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Killing Us Softly

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.13.2011 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Medicare Retirement Age, Alice Rivlin, Alan Simpson, Austerity Economics, Go Big Letter, Erskine Bowles, Laura Tyson, Deficit Commission, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

We're seeing the demonization of the victim everywhere. It's in the public hatred for underwater homeowners and now reaches to the highest halls of power in both parties, where we told that helping struggling homeowners would be "rewarding the undeseverving."

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Dan Froomkin

Progressive Despair: Austerity Top Priority As Economy Sputters, Americans Suffer

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.03.2011 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Robert Rubin, Debt Ceiling, Spending Cuts, Deficit Spending, Economy, Spending, Debt Default, Debt Deal, Government Spending, Deficit Hawks, Deficit Reduction, Deficit Obsession, Peter Peterson, Obama Debt Ceiling, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- This week's big debt deal has left progressives despairing over a disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country that they sa...

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Citigroup Turns Profit For Sixth Consecutive Quarter

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 09.14.2011 | Business

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Robert Rubin, 2008 Financial Crisis, Citigroup Bailout, Great Recession, Too Big to Fail, Citibank, Bank Bailout, Citigroup, Business News

NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. has long boasted of its international scope. It has a presence in 140 countries, more than any other U.S. bank. Now, ...

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Historical Context Missing From Debt Ceiling Reporting

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.13.2011 | Politics

Read More: Journalists, President, President Obama, Boehner, John Boehner, Obama, Media, Shutdown, Geithner, Gingrich, 1996, 1995, Clinton, Treasury, Speaker, President Clinton, Bill Clinton, Impeach, House, Politicians, Cuts, Budget, Msm, Government Shutdown, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Debt Ceiling, Robert Rubin, Deadline, Chris Weigant, Tim Geithner, Rubin, Medicare, Veto, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Back in 1995 and 1996, a government shutdown actually happened -- twice. The debt ceiling was not raised, but the country did not default. President Clinton actively used his veto pen, as the Republicans sent him bills that they knew he would not sign.

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Jason Linkins

Bloomberg Businessweek (Accidentally?) Makes It Clear That Warren Critics Are Primarily Animated By Sexism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.06.2011 | Media

Read More: Eat the Press, Financial Crisis, Robert Rubin, Elizabeth Warren, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Sexism, Media News

I'm going to generously assume that the weird, critical, slam-book-style bubbles that dot the cover of the July 11-17 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek,...

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Bill Clinton's Legacy of Denial

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.21.2011 | Politics

Read More: Newsweek, Glass-Steagall Act, Robert Rubin, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Economy, Citigroup, Bill Clinton, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Bill Clinton's Newsweek cover story shows that the man has long been convinced that there is no problem or contradiction of his that cannot be simply plastered over with blather. Sadly, he may be right.

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Machiavelli, Third World America and Our National Crisis

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Infrastructure, National Infrastructure Bank, Third World America, Finaancial Crisis, Public-Private-Partnerships, Alan Greenspan, Arianna Huffington, Barack Obama, Housing Crisis, Machiavelli, Politics News
Michael Likosky

When something goes horribly wrong, it's always useful to look to the Classics to understand what's actually happened and how to move forward. Is our ...

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Fannie's Scandalized, Freddie's Dead -- and the Next Financial Meltdown May Have Already Started

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Yves Smith, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Deregulation, Privatization, Daniel Mudd, Fannie Mae, Alan Greenspan, Fannie and Freddie, Freddie Mac, Center for American Progress, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Here's an idea: Let's give hundreds of billions of dollars in government-backed guarantees to private banks so they make a fortune writing mortgages without any risk to themselves. Hey, what could go wrong?

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Why the Financial Crisis Could Not Have Been Prevented

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Robert Lenzner

Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, did not believe in reining in the animal spirits on Wall Street. He chose to ignore pleading from wise titans to turn off the spigot of easy money.

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New Year's Slideshow: Choose the Year's Most Absurd Comment From a "Financial Wizard"

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Mortgage Bankers Association, Robert Rubin, Slidepollajax, Financial Crisis, Peter Orszag, Jamie Dimon, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

"I know it's become part of the narrative that people knew what was going to happen at any minute. We never knew what was happening at any minute." That's Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Now he tells us.

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Time to Dismiss the CFTC Chairman and His Commissioners

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Treasury Department, Politics, Sempra Holdings, Congress, Oil, Bart Chilton, Jill Sommer, Vitol Group, Goldman Sachs, Robert Rubin, Michael Dunn, Wall Street, Gary-Gensler-Chairman-Cftc, Scott O'Dalia, Department of Energy, Financial Fix, CFTC Commisioners, Washington-Speak, President Obama, Yogi Berra, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The Dodd-Frank Act gave the CFTC until January 2011 to set limits to curb excessive speculation in the energy markets. Lo and behold, Chairman Gensler told lawmakers the CFTC wouldn't meet the deadline "because it doesn't yet have sufficient data."

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10 Shadow Elitists of the Decade

Linda Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Crossroads GPS, Barry McCaffrey, Michael McConnell, Michael Chertoff, Robert Rubin, Tom Daschle, Karl Rove, Larry Summers, Gerhard Schroeder, Geir Haarde, Shadow Elite, Slidepollajax, Neoconservatives, Politics News
Linda Keenan

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William Alden

Gene Sperling, Leading NEC Director Candidate, Earned $900K From Goldman Sachs

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Robert Rubin, Economic Crisis, Business News, Larry Summers, National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, Citigroup, Business News

Gene Sperling, a leading contender for a top economic post in the White House, made millions on Wall Street even as the economy faltered. The adviser...

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Republican "Fifth Column" Strikes Financial Commission. Are YOU Next?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Republican Saboteurs, Robert Rubin, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Fcic, Precognition, Dave Johnson, Keith Hennessey, Steve Benen, Sleeper Cells, The Minority Report, Bill Thomas, Digby, Mutants, Peter Wallison, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

A sleeper cell of four Republicans struck the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission this week, escalating what had previously been a campaign of covert obstruction into an overt act of sabotage.

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