Why Has So Little Changed Since Lehman Failed in 2008?
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/The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf looked at the response to the Great Financial Crisis and discovered the problem with Committee to Save... Read More
Turns Out Surrendering to Wall Street in 2008 Was a Bad Idea
It has taken a decade, but the Committee to Save the Banks’ decision to surrender to Wall Street is finally being seen... Read More
Committee to Save the Banks had a Lasting Negative Impact
The Committee to Save the Banks (Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner) has had a lasting negative impact on both the... Read More
Will the Bankers who Rigged the Financial System be Held to Account?
As we approached the tenth anniversary of the acute phase of the Great Financial Crisis, the Committee to Save the Banks is... Read More
Obama and the Committee to Save the Banks
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I have always been curious why Obama ran on “Hope and Change” yet continued to pursue the policies to respond to the... Read More
Bank of England Economists Find Macro-prudential Regulation Won’t Work
Since the Committee to Save the Banks under Ben Bernanke first proposed macro-prudential regulation, I have said it would never work. Why?... Read More
Fed Credit Programs Supported the Banks Were Healthy Lie
Academics and politicians have praised Ben Bernanke and the Fed for their inventiveness in setting up credit programs during the acute phase... Read More
Stress Tests Undermine Capitalism
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The first sign the Obama Administration was seriously uninterested in fixing the US financial system occurred when then US Treasury Secretary Tim... Read More
Dodd-Frank Act Confirmed Bank Bailouts Unnecessary
Since the Committee to Save the Banks first proposed using the funds from TARP to bailout the banks, I have pointed out... Read More
Bernanke’s New Financial Crisis Narrative
If at first you don’t succeed, publish a new narrative about the Great Financial Crisis. You have to do this when you... Read More
Obama and the Too Big to Fail Bank Con
In a speech in South Africa, former president Obama tried out his justification for making lying a central part of his Administration’s... Read More
Protecting Banks at All Costs Still Mission of the Committee to Save the Banks
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the 2008 acute phase of the Great Financial Crisis, the Committee to Save the Banks... Read More
The Committee to Save the Banks Reaches New Lows
In its ongoing defense of the indefensible, the Committee to Save the Banks (Paulson, Bernanke and Geithner) reached new lows this week.... Read More
The Committee to Save the Banks Keeps on Protecting the Banks
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As we approach the tenth anniversary of the 2008 acute phase of the Great Financial Crisis, the Committee to Save the Banks... Read More
The Financial Crisis Response and the Death of Truth
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The 2008 response to the acute phase of the Great Financial Crisis contributed directly to the death of truth. Michiko Kakutani asked... Read More