Posts Tagged as ‘Hank Paulson’

November 18, 2008

Paulson Yells Mulligan On Bailout

 
The New York Times demands a two stroke penalty on TARP (The Act Rewarding Plutocrats). Gretchen Morgenson reports: 
While the government still declines to say exactly how it has spent your funds, or who all the beneficiaries are, Mr. Paulson conceded that his huge capital injection hasn’t persuaded banks to lend more money.
Michael Lewis has some [...]

October 28, 2008

Michael Lewis At It Again

In his latest column, his wit shines once more: 
If you haven’t figured it out by now, America has hired the wrong Paulson. There are two of them, Hank and John. Hank turned Goldman Sachs from an investment bank into a busload of tourists going to a casino, with borrowed money.
Goldman might have been the smartest investment bank but [...]