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The Bretton Woods economic conference would make a great movie: Dashing celebrity economist John Maynard Keynes of the U.K. squared off against U.S. Treasury official Harry Dexter White, who was later revealed to be a Soviet spy.
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Neil Barofsky was unpacking boxes in December 2008 when the stench of sewage wafted through the hallways at the 168-year-old Main Treasury Building. The space assigned to him as head of the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or SIGTARP, was shoehorned into the basement, three floors below U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ’s offices.
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Neil Barofsky , who said last month he would resign as special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, will become a senior fellow at New York University School of Law on April 1.
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What books have high-profile readers been enjoying this year?
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The decimation of mortgage underwriting standards was one of the core causes of the financial crisis as the Wall Street banks recklessly assembled, packaged and sold bonds backed by fraud-riddled mortgages.
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Neil Barofsky , who criticized the U.S. Treasury Department’s handling of taxpayer-funded bailouts as special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, resigned effective March 30.
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News that former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will write a book has prompted lots of chattering on Wall Street and in Washington.
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American International Group Inc., the insurer that’s weighing whether to join a shareholder suit alleging its 2008 bailout was unconstitutional, would face tough odds in court, a former government watchdog said.
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If you harbor any doubts about how dysfunctional Washington has become, add two books to your reading list: “Bailout” by Neil Barofsky and “Red Ink” by David Wessel.
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Tom Hanks has a knack for playing the roles that define American generations. In “Saving Private Ryan,” he embodied the courage of the men who landed on the Normandy beaches under heavy fire. In “Apollo 13,” he conveyed calm and ingenuity under intense pressure: “Houston, we have a problem.” And Forrest Gump revealed much about America before, during and after the Vietnam War.
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