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Released: October 10, 2009
Have banks no shame?
Source: Joe Nocera, New York Times (Free Registration)
A few months ago, I asked Simon Johnson, the former International Monetary Fund economist, now a prominent critic of the banking industry, what he thought the banks owed the country after all the government bailouts. “They can’t pay what they owe!” he began angrily. Then he paused, collected his thoughts and started over: “Tim Geithner saved them on terms extremely favorable to the banks. They should support all of his proposed reforms.”Read Full Article: Have banks no shame?
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