A Too-Transparent Treasury--Skeel

In their handling of the credit crisis, the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve have repeatedly been criticized for their lack of transparency. The decisions as to which financial institutions to bail out have been made behind closed doors, the complaint...

Posted by David Skeel on November 14, 2008 10:31 AM

The War on Executive Compensation--Skeel

As Congress rushes to enact the Treasury's $700 billion bailout plan this week, Obama, McCain, and politicians of both parties are insisting that the bailout include restrictions on executive pay at the firms whose mortgage backed securities will be bought...

Posted by David Skeel on September 23, 2008 9:05 PM