The tag 'Henry Paulson' is associated with 4 posts.

FTR #741 Bail, Bail, the Gang’s All Here

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ May 7, 2011 ⋅ 22 comments

For­eign Banks bor­rowed exten­sively from Fed dur­ing the melt­down; aid to Dexia and Depfa needed to avoid muni­pal fis­cal armaged­don, stem­ming par­tially from Dexia’s appar­ent crim­i­nal activity.

FTR #675 Interview with Lucy Komisar: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

Posted by FTR ⋅ June 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Food Ser­vices Giant Sodexo’s scams cost tax­pay­ers, school chil­dren big bucks; Tim­o­thy Gei­th­ner ignored U.S. Trea­sury bonds naked short sell­ing; Swiss Banks join­ing AIG in off­shore machinations.

FTR #670 Update on the Meltdown, Part 3: Top Banana Republic

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ May 19, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

U.S. is beset by the same struc­tural eco­nomic and polit­i­cal prob­lems as Emerg­ing Mar­ket coun­tries; Will the “Top Banana Repub­lic” pull through? Or will we bring the rest of the world down?

FTR #649 The Corporate State Revisited

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ September 30, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Mussolini’s cor­po­rate state rewarded mem­bers of the eco­nomic and polit­i­cal elite who brought him to power. Com­pare fas­cist Italy with George W. Bush’s America!

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