The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s Final Report: Five years ago this week, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), which conducted the nation’s official inquiry into the causes of the financial and economic crisis of 2008, made public the results of its investigation. On January 27, 2011, the FCIC presented its final report to the President … Continue reading
Five years ago today, financial contagion and panic spread as investors withdrew hundreds of billions of dollars from money market funds and as insurance giant AIG, brought down by its disastrous credit default swap and securities lending bets, was rescued with a taxpayer bailout of $85 billion – a bailout that would eventually grow to … Continue reading
Five years ago today, the nation plummeted into financial panic as Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and other major financial institutions teetered on the edge of collapse. September 14th and September 15th of 2008 presaged a sweeping and massive bailout of Wall Street and a downward spiral that would leave our country economically wounded for … Continue reading
Five years ago this week, the financial system came unhinged due to years of recklessness on Wall Street and regulatory neglect in Washington. The American people paid a terrible price – persistent and widespread unemployment, millions of foreclosures, and household wealth and retirement savings wiped away. Yet, little, if anything, has changed on Wall Street … Continue reading
Scott Wapner and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera of CNBC’s Closing Bell interview Phil Angelides on the 5th Anniversary of the financial crisis and discuss his thoughts on the selection of the next Chair of the Federal Reserve (Janet Yellen vs. Larry Summers). Click here to watch.
Five years ago this week, the financial system unraveled due to recklessness on Wall Street and regulatory failures in Washington. The American people paid a terrible price – persistent and widespread unemployment, millions of foreclosures, and household wealth and retirement savings wiped away. Yet, little, if anything, has changed on Wall Street and the biggest … Continue reading
August 28, 2013 – Shahien Nasiripour of the Huffington Post reports: Regulators overseeing the nation’s largest financial institutions are distrustful of their bosses, afraid to speak out, and feeling isolated, according to a confidential survey this year of Federal Reserve employees. The findings from the April survey of roughly 400 employees, presented to Fed staff during multiple … Continue reading
September 26, 2012 – It’s been four years since the financial crisis exploded, and Phil Angelides, former chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission explains why he thinks Wall Street executives are not being criminally investigated and prosecuted enough for their role in the disaster on Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo. Click here to watch.
Break Up The Banks July 16, 2012 – By Joe Rothstein, Editor, EINNEWS.com ”I find myself increasingly seeing the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson’s statement in 1816 that, “banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.” The speaker was Phil Angelides, longtime California business leader, former state treasurer and chair of the bipartisan commission set up … Continue reading
May 31, 2012 – Eliot Spitzer of Viewpoint gets Phil Angelides’ take on the state of Wall Street and how the financial industry can learn from the crisis of 2008. Phil Angelides: “I’ve just come to the conclusion that in the end, the only real solution here to get a stable banking system is to break up the … Continue reading
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