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publicintegrity.org - 5/6/2009
The Center for Public Integrity | PaperTrail Blog - ECONOMY: Want to Know Who’s Responsible for the Economic Meltdown?
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Americans can rightfully be angry about this financial mess we’re in. Trouble is, they aren’t sure who they should be mad at. Fortunately, the Center for Public Integrity is here to help. Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown? The Top 25 Subprime Lenders and Their Wall Street Backers is a mammoth ...
publicintegrity.org - 5/6/2009
Economic Meltdown - A Center for Public Integrity Investigation
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Center for Public Integrity names 25 lenders blamed for financial crisis
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... system," he said. The study was released as the US House of Representatives was set Wednesday to vote on a Senate-approved bill that would set up a 9/11-style inquiry into the root causes of the financial crisis... "The banks made huge profits while their executives collected handsome bonuses until the bottom fell out of the real estate market." Read more: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/us-center-na... The Center for Public Integrity sets out its findings here: http://www.publicintegrity.org/blog/entry/1354/

Cutting Through Economic Obfuscation--A Reality-Based Narrative About The Economic Meltdown
Open Left - Front Page — The Center for Public Integrity has issued a new report, Who's Behind the Financial Meltdown? The Top 25 Subprime Lenders and Their Wall Street Backers.  As explained on their blog: Who's Behind the Financial Meltdown? The Top 25 Subprime Lenders and Their Wall Street Backers is a mammoth study on the financial meltdown, why it happened, and who is responsible. We're not saying any one person should be singled out for blame, necessarily. However, we are providing a few candidates based on the facts. Think of this as a ...

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