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Sarah Anderson: Top Democrats Push Obama on Capital Controls

2012-05-25T12:35:28Z

Despite their proven effectiveness in many cases, these policy tools are prohibited by U.S. trade and investment policies. Particularly in the wake of the worst financial crisis in 80 years, it's an embarrassingly outmoded position.

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Joseph A. Palermo: Which Wall Street Party Do You Want to Vote For?

2012-05-24T14:54:22Z

It's an uphill climb for Obama to even mildly criticize Mitt Romney for being a vulture capitalist given his lack of accomplishment in holding anyone on Wall Street accountable for the economic carnage they wreaked.

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Protesters March To Geithner's House

2012-05-21T10:52:12Z

WASHINGTON -- Protesters marched on Sunday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's home Sunday in Bethesda, Md., but got no response when they knocke...

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Simon Johnson: Jamie Dimon Should Resign From the Board Of The New York Fed

2012-05-21T08:04:40Z

To have Jamie Dimon involved in overseeing the management of the New York Fed, an organization that oversees his activities, decisions, and potential losses, is no longer acceptable. We do not accept such conflicts of interest in other parts of American society.

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Peter Dreier: Activists Visit Geithner's Home to Ask "Which Side Are You On?"

2012-05-20T22:19:51Z

The protesters consider Geithner the key architect of Obama's economic recovery plan and the loudest voice within the president's inner circle for taking a "hands off" approach to tougher government rules to tame Wall Street's risky practices.

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Simon Johnson: Geithner to Dimon: Resign From the Board of the New York Fed

2012-05-17T22:27:28Z

In the diplomatic language of Treasury communications, Mr. Geithner has just told Jamie Dimon to resign from the New York Fed board. It looks bad -- and it is bad -- to have him on the board of this key part of the Federal Reserve System at a time when his bank is under investigation with regard to its large trading losses and the apparent failure of its risk management system. If Mr. Dimon resigns, that is a major humiliation and recognition -- at the highest levels of government -- that even the country's best connected banker has overstepped his limits. If, as seems more likely, Mr. Dimon stays in place, that would be a great victory for the big banks -- and a reminder of who is really in charge of the country.

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Tim Geithner On Dimon: Fed Banks Have 'Perception 'Problem'

2012-05-17T18:55:05Z

Timothy Geithner is worried about a problem of perception.

In an interview with PBS Newshour, Geithner was asked whether or not it is a conflict of...

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Geithner: U.S. Will Hit Debt Limit Again This Year, Doesn't Have To Mean Crisis

2012-05-17T09:36:00Z

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday that raising the debt ceiling did not have to be a crisis, ...

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Boehner Sounds Debt Limit Warning

2012-05-15T10:34:37Z

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) sees the debt ceiling as an "action-forcing event" where he will insist on cuts greater than the increase, setting...

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Peter S. Goodman: Why Blaming Jamie Dimon Misses The Point

2012-05-11T12:23:48Z

Fun as it may be to beat up on the arrogant Jamie Dimon for the $2 billion-plus derivatives fiasco at JPMorgan Chase, this is like blaming the lion that ate the kid who got too close to its cage at the zoo, rather than going after the guy who allowed such an unsafe cage to be built.

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Obama Holds Double-Digit Lead Over Romney With Global Investors

2012-05-11T03:25:02Z

Global investors increasingly prefer President Barack Obama to Republican challenger Mitt Romney and most say they believe the incumbent will remain i...

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Mark R. Kennedy: A True People's Party: Chen and China -- Toe to Toe!

2012-05-04T12:17:23Z

The degree to which Chen Guangcheng has put the planet's two most powerful nations in uncomfortable positions and forced a delicate diplomatic dance reflects, in part, the rising power of activists and protesters.

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Robert Scheer: Imitation Outrage: Faking Concern for the Chinese Masses

2012-05-03T04:05:53Z

Our leaders are no more serious about human rights in China than they are about such conditions in oil-rich Saudi Arabia, for the simple reason that we need what those nations have more than they need us.

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Where In The World Is Geithner Going Next?

2012-04-24T12:35:34Z

Where in the world is Timothy Geithner going next?

The latest rumor has the Treasury Secretary being offered a gig as president of Dartmouth, a po...

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Geithner: 'No Credible Basis' For Argument That Buffett Rule Will Hurt Economy

2012-04-15T11:20:00Z

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - A proposal to impose at least 30 percent income tax on Americans making more than a million dollars a year will not...

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Timothy Geithner Calls Mitt Romney Claims 'Misleading,' 'Ridiculous'

2012-04-15T10:15:18Z

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner threw water on one of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's claims about the economy and women, say...

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Geithner: U.S. In A Better Position To Handle High Gas Prices

2012-04-15T09:34:00Z

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is in a better position to deal with high gasoline prices, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sai...

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Robert Lenzner: You Can't Trust the Wise Men of Finance

2012-04-09T10:35:08Z

It's said that no Wall Street leader, no economist, no legislative committee, no regulator, could predict the perfect storm of all investment assets collapsing at the same time in 2008. I beg to differ.

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Robert Kuttner: What Bipartisanship Looks Like

2012-04-08T21:30:21Z

Given the Republican strategy of take-no-prisoners, the only bipartisanship is capitulation. It's hard to tack back and forth between leadership and appeasement without looking like a captain who's not sure where he's taking the ship. More leadership, please.

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Jane White: ARMed and Dangerous: Why We Should Abolish Adjustable Rate Mortgages

2012-04-01T20:20:20Z

While many in the media have blamed the failures on reckless borrowers, the real driver of the crisis is lawless banks offering "bait-and-switch" adjustable rate mortgages.

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Why Cursing At Work Is A Good Thing

2012-03-22T15:50:09Z

Common knowledge says spewing out profanity-laden language to let out your frustrations at work isn't the best idea. That may be a misguided assumpti...

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Robert Naiman: With Larry Summers' World Bank Bid in Trouble, Mexico Insists on Open Process

2012-03-19T13:19:00Z

President Obama should ask Geithner for a completely new short list, one with three real candidates who all want the job, and all of whom can pass muster with the member countries of the World Bank.

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Geithner: 'We Can't Cut Our Way To Growth'

2012-03-15T21:18:00Z

* U.S. faces choice in how to keep expansion going * Oil prices a worry, need to keep eye on Iran * Europe's actions hav...

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Robert Scheer: At Last, Some Decency on Wall Street

2012-03-15T03:10:47Z

Clearly people comfortable in the Washington-Wall Street axis have no sense of shame. They know all too well what Goldman and the other financial swindlers have been up to, causing so much misery for tens of millions throughout the world.

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Robert Naiman: Conyers Urges Obama to Nominate Jeff Sachs to Lead the World Bank

2012-03-07T18:14:44Z

Sachs' public and worldwide campaign to lead the World Bank is unprecedented, but is entirely appropriate to our time.

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