A Video Interview With Elizabeth Warren

Wednesday 28th of July 2010 01:18:50 PM
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Intro: 'James Surowiecki spoke with Elizabeth Warren, a professor at Harvard Law School and the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), about the importance of transparency in consumer financing, the future of the regulatory system, and what's good about capitalism. They met in Washington, DC.' James

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Hit the Road Jobs

Wednesday 28th of July 2010 01:18:50 PM
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Now, a report released about Obama’s Troubled Asset Relief Program provides all of America with a better example of the multiplier effect in action.

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Neel Kashkari, TARP Guru, Supports Cutting Social Security

Wednesday 28th of July 2010 01:18:50 PM
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Remember Neel Kashkari? Back during the financial crisis, Kashkari sat at the U.S. Treasury's Office of Financial Stability, where he was in charge of implementing the Troubled Asset Relief Program -- the fancy name for a wheelbarrow full of $700 billion in taxpayer money that went to revive the do-not-resuscitate banks of the world.

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Bailouts: How's That Troubled Asset Relief Program Going?

Wednesday 28th of July 2010 01:18:50 PM
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Not so well. A review of TARP found that homeowners aren't avoiding foreclosure and the decisions to close car dealerships were "politically based".

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Left Pushes Hard for Elizabeth Warren

Wednesday 28th of July 2010 01:18:50 PM
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Intro: 'There's a 2.0 version of health care's public-option debate, and her name is Elizabeth Warren. She's the Harvard law professor who's been overseeing the Troubled Assets Relief Program and giving Treasury Department insiders heartburn over their excessive generosity to Wall Street bigwigs.' Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

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The political price of backing invaluable TARP

Wednesday 28th of July 2010 01:18:50 PM
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It's almost time to say goodbye to the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), the $700 billion bailout fund that pretty much everyone hated, even though it arguably saved the U.S. economy. Congress opted to get the cash by closing down TARP now, three months ahead of its scheduled Oct. 3 sunset.

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