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Go Home TNRtv: Should Geithner Have Told Regulators To F*ck Off?

THE PLANK AUGUST 5, 2009

TNRtv: Should Geithner Have Told Regulators To F*ck Off?

BY SIMON JOHNSON AND BEN EISLER

Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of BaselineScenario.com, offers support for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's expletive-laden outburst against financial regulators, arguing that their selfish opposition to Obama's plan is putting us all at risk.

--Ben Eisler

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