Comments on: Summers Defends Role in Bank Deregulation http://washingtonindependent.com/38138/summers-defends-role-in-bank-deregulation National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DianaMagdalena http://washingtonindependent.com/38138/summers-defends-role-in-bank-deregulation/comment-page-1#comment-37103 DianaMagdalena Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:57:26 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=38138#comment-37103 Maybe Summers should have paid attention in history class. This has been a very costly lesson. Maybe Summers should have paid attention in history class. This has been a very costly lesson.

]]> By: DianaMagdalena http://washingtonindependent.com/38138/summers-defends-role-in-bank-deregulation/comment-page-1#comment-28534 DianaMagdalena Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:57:26 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=38138#comment-28534 Maybe Summers should have paid attention in history class. This has been a very costly lesson. Maybe Summers should have paid attention in history class. This has been a very costly lesson.

]]> By: knowbuddhau http://washingtonindependent.com/38138/summers-defends-role-in-bank-deregulation/comment-page-1#comment-25724 knowbuddhau Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:10:10 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=38138#comment-25724 I don't think Voltaire's Candide could do better: we had the best of all possible policies in place back then; which have led to the best of all possible disasters, to which we will respond with "the best possible policies." Why, of course!<br><br>Summers is a freakin' throwback to the days of social Darwinism, only now it seems some have rebranded it "economic Darwinism," like that helps. Then there are the "behavioral economists," who have mistaken humans for rats in mazes and the cosmos for a cash machine.<br><br>WTF does LS know about best policies? He must mean, for his bankster fraternity, right? I don't think Voltaire's Candide could do better: we had the best of all possible policies in place back then; which have led to the best of all possible disasters, to which we will respond with “the best possible policies.” Why, of course!

Summers is a freakin' throwback to the days of social Darwinism, only now it seems some have rebranded it “economic Darwinism,” like that helps. Then there are the “behavioral economists,” who have mistaken humans for rats in mazes and the cosmos for a cash machine.

WTF does LS know about best policies? He must mean, for his bankster fraternity, right?

]]> By: The Corruption of Larry Summers | Prose Before Hos http://washingtonindependent.com/38138/summers-defends-role-in-bank-deregulation/comment-page-1#comment-25693 The Corruption of Larry Summers | Prose Before Hos Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:34:57 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=38138#comment-25693 [...] Street bankers from Main Street, Larry Summers Protest, Protesters Heckle Obama Economic Adviser, Summers Defends Role in Bank Deregulation, Government Sachs has strengthened its position through bailout, and Mission Creep: The Incredible [...] [...] Street bankers from Main Street, Larry Summers Protest, Protesters Heckle Obama Economic Adviser, Summers Defends Role in Bank Deregulation, Government Sachs has strengthened its position through bailout, and Mission Creep: The Incredible [...]

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