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Robert Rubin Should Be Doing Hard Labor: Instead He's Trying to Resurrect Himself

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. March 9, 2010.

Robert Rubin put in place all the pieces that set up the economy for the disaster that we are now living through. Why can't he get off the stage?

Wall Street, DC, and the New (Dangerous) Financial Euphoria

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. May 12, 2009.

Wall Street and political insiders are ready to break out the champagne. Forgive me if I keep the bubbly on the shelf.

Geithner Becomes Treasury Secretary

Ian Welsh, Firedoglake. January 26, 2009.

I'm sure he will do as good a job for Obama as he did for Bush, Bernanke and Paulson.

Obama's Wall Street Woes

Robert L. Borosage, Huffington Post. November 27, 2008.

Is this the change we need? The depth of the crisis we face renders the old arguments irrelevant.

Keep Larry Summers as Far as Possible from the U.S. Treasury

Mark Ames, TheNation.com. November 12, 2008.

In light of all of the corruption and cronyism that have marked the career of Lawrence Summers, why is Obama considering him for treasury secretary?

Bankers\' Comeuppance: Bank of America Faces Possible Retreat From Some U.S. Regions, And Will Obama Pick the 99% Over Jamie Dimon?

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.