Lloyd Blankfein Recants

Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein has turned! Speaking at the Handelsblatt banking conference yesterday, the CEO said that bankers and traders had behaved irresponsibly and that public backlash against their salaries was justified. Of course, he’s not offering to give back the $26 million Central Park penthouse he bought last year. I mean, what areContinue reading “Lloyd Blankfein Recants”

How did CA get into this mess?

Overlook the fact that it was published in The New Yorker. If you’ve ever wanted a “Why California-is-so-F%$#ed-Up for Beginners” look no further than The States We’re In. It seems that this issue stopped getting any attention once the temporary budget was passed. It’s a shame, because this problem is going to keep cropping up.Continue reading “How did CA get into this mess?”