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The pay czar, the Fed and regulatory capture – where are the avengers?

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It would have been so much simpler if the White House had asked the acerbic economist Nassim Taleb what to do about the Wall Street bonus babies. Taleb, the great rebuker, says the bonus problem is easy, EASY to solve. Full Article at True/Slant

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