The Capitalist Conflict
That the United States would be more than fleetingly conflicted about the role of capitalism in saving capitalism might be surprising- in any other age. Today, we can only shake our heads watching the...
View ArticleLimitless Limits From SheBair
How do you limit executive compensation without politically difficult limits? Don’t use limits, of course. Thanks SheBair! We were worried there for a minute! Banking agencies should become more active...
View ArticleSheila Bair Not Yet Sure How She Feels About Obama Proposals
SheBair is oddly pulling a Geithner, flip flopping around the prop trading ban proposal. Just like her nemesis, she’s adopting a “yeah, it’s a great idea but I don’t know” attitude toward Obama’s...
View ArticleSheila Bair is One Tough Cookie
Emails between the Office of Thrift Supervision and the FDIC over the issue of who […]
View ArticleDick Bové: Sheila Bair Knows Nothing!
If Miss FDIC thought the Rochdale analyst had her back she was sorely mistaken. Sheila […]
View ArticleTim Geithner Interrupts Tense Moments With (Involuntary?) Cursing, Giggles
“Tim was organized and low-key, although given to occasional bursts of profanity and odd fits […]
View ArticleWho Wants To Be Chair(wo)man Of The FDIC?
If you’re looking for a new gig and think it might be the right fit, […]
View ArticleSheila Bair Not Intimidated By Threats of Financial Meltdown, Awkward...
Sheila Bair continues to be mad that she didn’t get to sit at the grown-ups’ […]
View ArticleSheila Bair Doesn’t Know What The Volcker Rule Prohibits
Sheila Bair, former head of the FDIC and cartoon-klutz-villain of Too Big to Fail, comes […]
View ArticleSheila Bair’s Cruelty To Banks Included Trying To Get Them To Hang On To...
There are so many good stories in Jesse Eisinger’s piece in ProPublica about how the […]
View ArticleSheila Bair Still Feels Bad That JPMorgan Was Forced To Take Cheap Capital To...
Being in certain rooms at certain times seems to be a good predictor of selling […]
View ArticleSheila Bair Isn’t Gonna Lie To You: She Had Actual Dreams About Burning...
Sheila Bair, who served as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp during the crisis […]
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Zen Gardens That Never Were: Vikram Pandit Doesn’t Have To Put Up With This...
As you may have heard, earlier today, Citigroup announced that CEO Vikram Pandit would be resigning from his post at the bank, effective immediately, along with several longtime lieutenants. While the...
View ArticleSometimes Wells Fargo Uses Its Money To Provide Financing To Businesses, Like...
Reuters has a delightful story today about Wells Fargo’s merchant banking business, Norwest Equity Partners, […]
View ArticleThe Former Chair Of The FDIC Wrote A Young Adult Novel About A Beloved Dog...
This is a real thing that happened.
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