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How To Bail Out the Economy – A Less Wrong Way

…producers and consumers, we are told. Its becoming obvious even to the likes of Henry Paulson that no matter how much money gets paid to Goldman, Welfare, Queen & Sachs…

Bailout, Round 2: Misplaced Optimism

…plan, then the Paulson-Dodd-Frank plan, and now, I guess, the Paulson-Dodd-Frank-Pork plan (it’s been larded up since the House rejected it on Monday). I hope that it passes, simply because…

Goldman’s Settlement with the SEC

…the deal to buyers without informing them of the involvement of the counterparty to the deal. The counterparty was Paulson, a hedge fund manager, who had personally selected “most likely…

Wasting More Money

…SunTrust snap up some weak-kneed competitor by filling out a two-page form and sending it to Hank Paulson. Anyone who says that Paulson (1) knows what he is doing, (2)…

Financial Arsonists ?

…Arsonist and Thief keep their firm and make out like bandits. Unregulated insurance is a license to steal. Does this explain the odd behavior of Bernanke Paulson and the Big…

a little history from a couple months ago

…including Henry M. Paulson Jr., the treasury secretary; Joshua B. Bolten, the White House chief of staff; and Ed Gillespie, counselor to Mr. Bush. They argue that the need for…