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Three Republicans Introduce Bill to Repeal HAMP
When I summarized the House Oversight Committee hearings on TARP and foreclosures, I basically said that Democrats were the ones talking about foreclosures, for the most part. But I missed earlier in...
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WaPo Treads Familiar Territory: Wall Street Bailed Out, Main Street Left Out
Zach Goldfarb’s article on Wall Street’s runaway profits since 2008 doesn’t break a lot of new ground, it just slices and dices the Obama 2012 campaign’s new attempt to position their candidate as some...
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Treasury Confirms That HAMP Being Used for Settlement Relief
I will attempt to recap my foreclosure fraud panel at Netroots Nation at some point. I know Lisa Derrick took video on her phone of the event, but apparently there’s been a hitch in getting that...
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Barofsky Book: Geithner Confirmed in 2009 That HAMP Was Designed for Banks to...
The Huffington Post described a scene in a forthcoming book by Neil Barofsky, the former Special Inspector General of TARP, where Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivered a string of F-bombs...
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Barofsky Set to Enter National Debate With Book on TARP’s Failures
It’s fair to say that former Special Inspector General for TARP, Neil Barofsky, whose book I profiled on Friday, plans to become as much a part of the national conversation over the next couple weeks...
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Barofsky Gets Flailing Criticisms of His Book on TARP
The knives have come out for Neil Barofsky and his book Bailout. Barofsky spares no one in taking on powerful subjects in his book, detailing the way in which the Treasury Department – regardless of...
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On Bailouts and Wall Street, Treasury and Deceit
The debate over Neil Barofsky’s book has taken a turn into a broader debate over bailing out Wall Street at the expense of Main Street, which is both the right conversation to have and also kind of a...
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If Barofsky Didn’t Work Out, I Have Another Guest Possibility for CNBC
I’d be a bit surprised to see Neil Barofsky grace the airwaves of CNBC again. Clearly the empty suits over there don’t appreciate someone who doesn’t immediately defer to the Masters of the Universe....
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The Economist Agrees that the Bailouts Didn’t Have to Turn Out This Way
The Economist’s print edition gives one of the unlikelier reviews to Neil Barofsky’s Bailout and Sheila Bair’s Bull by the Horns that I’ve seen (I’ve read the former, and am making my way through the...
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Mary Schapiro Steps Down as SEC Chief
Simon Johnson suggests former TARP Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky to replace Schapiro Mary Schapiro, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, will step downDecember 13, adding...
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