Geithner Exposed

This is the best article I’ve seen thus far on the background and policy proclivities of our current Treasury Secretary.   Overall the picture it paints is of a man who is extremely close to the discredited titans of finance that he should now be responsible for bringing to heel.  Unfortunately, it seems quite clear to me, and other observers like J. Stiglitz, that Geithner is the de facto representative of these oligarchs whose interests are in opposition to those of the broader taxpaying public.

This is a long and well researched article that must have required considerable time to piece together, thus one has to wonder about the timing of its publication.  Investigative journalism of this type tends to be produced only when the subject is under fire, and the article states quite explicitly that this is the case.  As far as I know, this is the first negative review of Mr. Geithner to be published by a “mainstream” media outlet, and it is certainly a lagging indicator of the building current of dissent among the more vocal economists/intellectuals and informed laymen.  We’ll see if this story has legs and I’ll be doing my part to insure it does.  More on that later.