During Crisis, Paulson’s Calls to Goldman Posed Ethics Test

Months after Henry M. Paulson Jr. left office, questions linger about the former Treasury secretary’s interactions with Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis.Before he became President George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary in 2006, Henry M. Paulson Jr. agreed to hold himself to a higher ethical standard than his predecessors. He not only sold all his holdings in Goldman Sachs, the investment bank he had run, but also specifically said that he would ... Full Story »

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by Ben Ross - Aug. 9, 2009

The rich investigate the rich....why? one can only guess. The nyt was not very interested in what was up with the giveaways, Paulson did not decide to say out of the market or the revolving door....a lot like Dick Chene.

NYT has little interest in Paulson's resume' which include being the unindicted co-conspirator / assistant to John Ehrlichman who served time for ... More »

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