Saule Omarova, whose nomination is in trouble partly due to progressives’ botched defense, could be appointed as first deputy and run the OCC in an acting capacity.
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⏩ Global Warning, a Virtual Event: The Most Pressing Issues of COP26
Diving deeper into the most urgent global climate issues
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
At U.N. Climate Talks, What Mattered Most Went Unsaid
A Wall Street–led energy transition; punitive credit conditions for developing countries; sustained oil and gas drilling
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Billionaire Behind the Fight for Lower Drug Prices
A former Enron executive has poured tens of millions into national drug pricing reform. Why hasn’t it worked?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Gensler Punts in Fight Over Auditing Watchdog
The SEC chair installs a corporate defense lawyer to run the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What ESG Investing and Ozy Media Have in Common
How much longer can we afford to believe the promise of sustainable investing?
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Silver Lining in the Story of Private Equity Killing the Press
The Provincetown Independent reminds us what a local paper is supposed to look like.
Posted inTAP
The Fed’s Lame New Standard on Trading
Today on TAP: It relies on ethics officials who have waved through prohibited trades before, and doesn’t even cover the kind of trade that embarrassed Fed Chair Jay Powell.
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Jay Powell’s Propagandists
Today on TAP: His campaign to be reappointed chair is abetted by Fed spin and a tame and collusive press.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Jerome Powell Sold More Than a Million Dollars of Stock as the Market Was Tanking
Disclosure documents reveal that the spectacle of Fed officials personally trading stocks extended to the chair himself.