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Money & Careers

Diane Vacca: Whose Economy Is It?

By Diane Vacca
Let me be clear, as the President often says. I am not an economist; I’ve never taken a course in economics; I’m very good at saving money and spending it, but not at earning it in any significant quantity. I’ve been wrestling with the bailout process, and my head is spinning— partly because I am so out of my comfort…
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Elizabeth Warren to Blow the Whistle

By Chris Lombardi
In December, WVFC cheered when we heard the first from Harvard University economist Elizabeth Warren, who’d been appointed by Congress to chair a panel overseeing the first of the government’s financial industry rescue programs, TARP (or Troubled Asset Relief Program),  This year, as TARP’s successors have been unveiled under the direction of largely male alumni of Goldman Sachs, Bank of…
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