THE WASHINGTON TIMES DECKER: 5 Questions with BB&T’s John Allison ‘It’s easier for government to control a few large institutions’ By Brett M. Decker– Brett M. Decker, former Editorial Page Editor for The Washington Times, was an editorial page writer and editor for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Senior Vice President of […]
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Citigroup’s Man Goes to the Treasury Department By Jonathan Weil – Feb 21, 2013 Jack Lew is the nominee for Treasury secretary whose own bonus as an investment banker was bailed out by the Treasury Department when it rescued Citigroup Inc. (C) in 2008. He owes much to America’s taxpayers. He should also be
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February 14, 2013 The Rookie If there’s a crisis on Jack Lew’s Treasury watch, buy gold. Introducing Jack Lew to the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer said the Treasury nominee has an “uncanny ability to delve into a subject” and “master it.” Americans can only hope, because you wouldn’t
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January 28, 2013 Treasury Gets a Citibanker From Wall Street failure to the pinnacle of finance in four short years. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: There probably weren’t many laughs at Citi during the market panic in 2008. But if someone had said that a CAI executive, Jack Lew, would be the secretary of the
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Money for Nothing Who caused the financial collapse? Just about everyone. Lewis E. Lehrman January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure – Why Pure Capitalism Is the World Economy’s Only Hope by John A. Allison, McGraw-Hill 320 pages, $28 EXCERPT
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Real Cliff The staggering debt from decades of continuous government borrowing is about to come due Christopher DeMuth Christopher DeMuth is a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute. December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp were authentic supply-siders,
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) We’ve Been ZIRPed The perils of the zero interest rate policy. Andy Kessler December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Savers are getting ripped off. Interest rates are near zero, yet the inflation rate as of October 2012 was 2.2 percent, which means real
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September 26, 2012 Dodd-Frank’s ‘Orderly Liquidation’ Is Out of Order South Carolina, Oklahoma and Michigan join a federal lawsuit to uphold property rights and checks and balances. By SCOTT PRUITT AND ALAN WILSON Mr. Pruitt is attorney general of Oklahoma. Mr. Wilson is attorney general of South Carolina. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Title II
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September 17, 2012 The Magnitude of the Mess We’re In The next Treasury secretary will confront problems so daunting that even Alexander Hamilton would have trouble preserving the full faith and credit of the United States. By George P. Shultz, Michael J. Boskin, John F. Cogan, Allan H. Meltzer and John B. Taylor – The
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