by Henry Oliner | Oct 23, 2011 | Politics
This picture of the Occupy Wall Street crowd shows a picture of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein with his head on a stick. Where is the call for civility from our leaders? How would such a display have been covered had it appeared at a Tea Party rally? Right wing...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 11, 2011 | Politics
It is just when you hear the words that “this is not a war on the wealthy” that you can expect exactly that. During the Clinton years they put a cap on the wages of corporate executives. Only the first million dollars would be deductible. Did this cap apply to...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 14, 2010 | Business
While the players and regulators were struggling to get investors to commit capital to the major banks to avoid a meltdown, Warren Buffet was called upon several times. He consistently turned them down because the assets were too complicated to understand, and he did...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 27, 2010 | Politics
David Broder writes a great piece in the New York Times, The Populist Addiction excerpt: It’s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis was caused by a complex web of factors, including...
