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Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the contributor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.

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  1. Avatar Joseph FM says:

    Geithner was the vice chair of the FOMC for part of that period as well, so my question is, did he vote for that policy too? In which case, shouldn’t THAT have been a bigger issue in his confirmation than unpaid taxes?Report

  2. Avatar Dave says:

    I was amused by Bernanke’s recent comments about banks losing franchise value (speaking of BofA and Citi). I don’t think banks that have lost 95% plus of their stock value and have equity values less than the cash they received from taxpayers having franchise value, but what do I know.Report