Mr. Corzine Goes to Washington, With No Pull: William D. Cohan
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Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- When it comes to shining a light onthe cozy relationships between Wall Street and Washington, andhow the rich and powerful get access to things the rest of usdon’t, there can never be too many juicy examples.
Last month, thanks to Bloomberg Markets magazine, we weretreated to the excellent story about how former TreasurySecretary Henry Paulson met with a bunch of bankers and hedgefund managers in New York during the summer of 2008 and sharedwith them some of his early thinking on the futures of themortgage behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.