How to Break Up Goldman Sachs? Let Them Figure it Out As we drill down into the details of ideas for breaking the economic and political power of over sized banks, we need this litmus test against which serious suggestions should be judged: Does a proposal, at the end of the day, imply that Goldman...Read More
“Oprah,” “Ellen” . . . and “Nell!” Nell Minow, scheduled to testify before Congress on Friday on the subject of Wall Street pay, is one of my favorite people . . . in the world (at least that I’m not related or married to). She has been following executive pay for decades, and no one...Read More
Nine Better Choices to Investigate Wall Street Do you know who’s on the “Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission” (“FCIC”), the 10 member Congressional committee that’s now investigating the (ongoing) financial crisis? Neither do I — and neither, I submit, do the vast majority of Americans. In fact, I’d be shocked if 5 in 100 knew that...Read More
