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The Economy Is In the Trash Can, While the Power Bankers Keep Raking It In

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. December 30, 2010.

Unemployment is dismal, housing prices have fallen for four months in a row, but Obama's former budget director is having no problems cleaning up on Wall St.

Robert Rubin, Citi Execs Knew They Were Selling High-Priced Garbage but Got a Pass from Regulators

Marian Wang, ProPublica. September 13, 2010.

Citi got off with a slap of the hand, but Rubin and other execs weren't even held accountable.

How Robert Rubin's Bright-Eyed Proteges Came to Dominate Wall Street

Aaron Bartley, Kevin Connor, Eyes on the Ties. March 15, 2009.

Not to mention the Obama administration's economic team.

Obama Deputy Steve Hildebrand: Liberals Need To STFU

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. December 8, 2008.

After the past eight years, it's a bit much to stomach someone saying "just shut up and trust me, because I know better."

Hillary Wants to Let Greenspan Decide Whether to Rescue Home Owners

Scarecrow, Firedoglake. March 25, 2008.

I wonder what Paul Krugman, who has pointed to Alan Greenspan's role in fostering the current financial crisis, would think of this.

Who's Afraid of a Falling Dollar?

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 8, 2007.

An overvalued currency has been the source of many of our economic problems.

It’s The Economic Ideology, Stupid:

David Sirota, March 27, 2007.

David Sirota: The End of Reality-Based Policymaking