Humanities & Social ScienceLess than half a dozen people are responsible for making the final decisions about which banks get part of the $700 billion in bailout money available through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, according to Department of Treasury officials. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Sunlight Foundation in January for the members of the TARP Investment Committee, a FOIA officer recently responded with just four names, including Assistant Secretary, Neel Kashkari; Chief Investment Officer, James Lambright; Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Karthik Ramanathan and Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Ralph Monaco, all holdovers from the Bush administration.
Lula needs to shut-it about "blue-eyed bankers". Capital knows no color.
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Does Vikram Pandit have blue eyes?
Posted by: zyxwvutsr | April 11, 2009 11:07 PM
no.
Posted by: razib | April 11, 2009 11:31 PM
I know a Hindu banker from Goa who has blue eyes. He attracts attention.
But he says there's lots of that in Goa, and that there he's nothing special.
I wouldn't say that - he has a deadly forehand.
Posted by: Sandgroper | April 12, 2009 12:55 AM