On 4/22/10, CeJ wrote:
>
> But it seems that Goldman Sachs is at the root of the problem. No
> other financial firm is so politically well connected to the federal
> government (and that is saying a lot, since all these firms attempt to
> and do buy political influence).
^^
CB: Yeah, thi
When people think of the financialization of the wider economic crisis
(e.g., why so many 'sub-prime' mortgages were not getting paid, even
higher than the expectations of the predatory lenders), they think of
Lehmann Bros. going under. Or do they remember the earlier spectacular
failure of Bear St
