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Barofsky Challenges Geithner Doctrine: Crushing the Bank Oligopoly

See Financial Times for full article Editor’s Comment: Barofsky’s characterization of the Geithner doctrine is accurate and appalling at the same time. The decision was made across the board that the stability and illusion of financial health on Wall Street was and is more important than anything else is what led to a prolonged recession …

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Chorus of Whistles as the Blowers Get Ignored or Shutdown

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Yves Smith Nails Obama on Failed Housing Policies

Editor’s Note: Yves wrote the piece I was going to write this morning. See link below. The salient points to me are mentioned below with comments. The principal point I would make is that Obama has been listening to people who are listening to Wall Street. The Wall Street spin is that this is just …

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Pension and Union Funds Were Upside Down the Moment They Bought MBS

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YVES SMITH: BANKS LIED ABOUT BAILOUT AND MADE PROFIT!

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION ANALYSIS – CLICK HERE SEE YVES SMITH, NAKED CAPITALISM Quelle Surprise! Banks Lied About Bailout Funds and Got $13 Billion in Profit from Them Bloomberg News is continuing with the tankless task of pushing forward with FOIA requests relative to the Fed’s lending programs, and once it …

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