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Have we beaten the CEOs up enough?
Matt Yglesias and I are debating whether the CEOs of major financial institutions are walking away from the financial crisis laughing, or whether they have actually been punished by the failure of their firms and loss of their jobs.  Matt makes the standard liberal case for moral outrage:  ...
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The Rich Are Different From You and Me
The Glittering Eye — ... I’m sad to report that I think that Megan McArdle is wrong in her assessment of the masters of the universe who’ve plunged the world’s financial system into crisis: ...

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