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Entries by Simon Johnson from 07/2010

The Kanjorski Surprise - Now It Gets Interesting

| Publication 07.09.2010
Suivre: Big Banks, Bank Reform, Grave Risk, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Kanjorski, Megabanks, Kanjorski Amendment, L'actualité

The bank lobbyists, it turns out, missed one. They and their congressional allies were able to gut the Volcker Rule, the Lincoln Amendment, and almost everything else that could have had an effect on the industry.

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David Axelrod's Talking Points

| Publication 07.14.2010
Suivre: David Axelrod, Financial Crisis, Simon Johnson, Finance, Economic Crisis, L'actualité

Based on what we are seeing and hearing now from the White House, it seems that members of the Obama administration's political wing still don't understand what it is that brought the global economy to its knees.

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