Bailout Archive:

A comparative look at the scale.

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TARP?

In: Bailout Finance US Economy

2 Mar 2010

A nice summary of what happened to the $700 billion. (dated 2/10)

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Thanks to Stephen Dobson for the heads up.

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I don’t post many editorials, but I love Matt Taibbi’s gonzo journalism style and his insights about cracks in the financial system.

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“Drag the slider to see how staff compensation at these major banks relates to revenue and net income over time and see which bank pays their employees the most on average.”

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From the Daily Telegraph via Igraphics explained.

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The FT has an audio annotated slideshow explaining the proposal.
(note, to get around FT’s registration try this link)

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Toles

In: Bailout Humor Politics

3 Feb 2010

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A little silly, but the size of the CEOs head shows his pay vs the average worker 1970-2005.

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Powerful summary from the Harvard Business Review (hardcopy apparently) via The Big Picture.

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A very nice treemap presentation — you can drill down by year and company level. Clicking on a company box will bring up their own comments on compensation policies. Well done WSJ!

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