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Hank Paulson
white men with money
Nov. 29, 2011
By Noreen Malone
lloyd of our lives
Mar. 14, 2011
Let Lloyd Light Up Your Life A tiki-torch tribute to the luminescent Goldman Sachs leader.
By Kevin Roose
slouching toward reform
July 13, 2010
Hank Paulson: Ultimately, the Financial-Regulation Bill Doesn’t Really Matter “I think it is asking a lot for regulators to be perfect, because they won’t be.”
By Jessica Pressler
tell us about your hernia
Mar. 3, 2010
By Jessica Pressler
early and often
Feb. 18, 2010
Into the Woods With Hank Paulson The former Treasury secretary talked the financial crisis and forest fires at the 92nd Street Y tonight.
By Jessica Pressler
early and awesome
Feb. 9, 2010
Hank Paulson: George W. Bush Was ‘Like a Mother’ to Me The president not only opened up the national pocketbook to Paulson, he opened his heart.
By Jessica Pressler
these are the people who are in charge of things
Feb. 1, 2010
Collapse of Bear Stearns Ruined Date Night For Hank And Wendy Paulson The former Treasury Secretary and his wife might otherwise have “immensely enjoyed” a scintillating bird documentary.
By Jessica Pressler
scenes from a meltdown
Jan. 28, 2010
Hank Paulson’s Valley of the Dolls Moment At one point during the early bailout negotiations, the former Treasury secretary nearly turned to drugs.
By Jessica Pressler
faint praise
Dec. 9, 2009
Oversight Panel Grudgingly Admits TARP Worked “Although the government’s response to the crisis was at first haphazard and uncertain, it eventually proved decisive enough to stop the panic and restore market confidence.”
By Jessica Pressler
scenes from a meltdown
Sept. 16, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Aug. 31, 2009
Hey, Congress, Hank Paulson Thinks You’re Idiots “I amuse myself a lot by thinking what would happen if I said, ‘Do you realize what an idiotic question that is?’”
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Aug. 25, 2009
The Rise of Ben Bernanke The best politician in Washington isn’t an elected official. It’s Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
By Heidi N. Moore
finance fiction
Aug. 20, 2009
The British Are Making a Movie About Lehman Brothers The new BBC reenactment of the events of last September sounds a little too British.
By Jessica Pressler
bald men with money
July 28, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
July 16, 2009
‘Was This a Good Old-fashioned Brooklyn Shakedown?’ Congress had fun with former Treasury secretary Hank Paulson today.
By Jessica Pressler
white men with fish
July 15, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
white men with power
Apr. 23, 2009
By Chris Rovzar
the greatest depression
Apr. 7, 2009
Know Your Tall, Bald Bailout Officials Former Treasury secretary Hank Paulson packed the department with clones of himself. Here’s our guide to who’s who.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Mar. 27, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
yes we did call the department of the treasury to ask about project runway
Nov. 21, 2008
Tim Gunn Is Cool With Hank Paulson Bogarting His Catchphrase The Treasury secretary really does need to ‘make it work’ right now.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Nov. 18, 2008
The Evolving Philosophy of Hank Paulson The financial crisis has caused the Treasury Secretary to know the meaning of regulation, and the importance of a catchphrase.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Nov. 12, 2008
Troubled Asset Relief Program Not Buying Troubled Assets After All In remarks conspicuously lacking a “my bad,” Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson scraps plan of buying distressed assets pretty much altogether.
By Jessica Pressler
This Halloween, Be the Specter of Socialism Masks of our favorite government apparatchiks are available.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Oct. 16, 2008
When a Random 400-Point Spike Is Par for the Course The Dow experienced a big bump just before four o’clock — but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was a good day.
By Chris Rovzar
scenes from a meltdown
Sept. 26, 2008
Lawmakers Choose Fighting About Politics Over Fixing the Economy, Basically House Republicans broke with the president, cock-blocked the bailout, and walked out of negotiations, despite Hank Paulson’s pleas.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Sept. 24, 2008
Paulson Concedes Point About Executive Pay The secretary of the Treasury agreed to cap executive pay as part of the bailout, and we concede we feel bad for him.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Sept. 23, 2008
Wait, What Exactly Is the Problem Here? The sticking points on the bailout plan do not seem all that complicated.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Sept. 22, 2008
The Greatest Depression Just because there’s a Depression on doesn’t mean we have to be depressed about it.
By Jessica Pressler
scenes from a meltdown
Sept. 16, 2008
The Wall Street Crisis: What Does It All Mean? The only thing that anyone seems really certain about right now is that when the smoke clears, we’ll be looking at a different landscape.
By Jessica Pressler
Who’ll Save New York? Paterson’s Possible Super-Friends The speech served as a Bat signal to stir powerful New Yorkers who can put the governor’s urgent message into play.