One good thing to come out of Republican Scott Brown’s election to the Senate a few days ago, is that it seems to have lit a fire under our President. In an abrupt about-face, Obama came out late last week, saying that our unrepentant financial industry had to be reigned in. Distancing himself from Treasury […]
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Sprouting Populist balls, and going after Wall Street
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics Also tagged bailout, Chris Dodd, COngressional oversight panel, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Elizabeth Warren, financial reform, Glass-Steagall Act, investment banks, Paul Volcker, populism, Robert Reich, TARP, Ted Kennedy, Timothy Geithner, too big to fail, Wall Street 2 Comments