The 25 people at the heart of the financial metdown. As seen in London Guardian.
* Alan Greenspan, chairman of US Federal Reserve 1987 - 2006.
*Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England.
Poilticians.
* Bill Clinton, former US president.
* Gordon Brown, British prime minister.
* George W. Bush. US president.
* Senator Phil Graham.
Wall Street/ Bankers
* Abi Cohen, Goldman Sachs chief US strategist.
* Kathleen Corbet, former CEO, Standard & Poor's.
* " Hank " Greenberg, AIG insurance group.
* Andy Hornbt, former HBOS boss.
* Sir Fred Goodwin, former RBS boss.
* Steve Crawshaw, former B&B boss.
* Adam Applegarth, former Northern Rock boss.
* Ralph Cioffi and Mathew Tannin, Bear Stearns.
Lewis Ranieri, The " godfather " of mortgage finance, who pioneered mortgage backed bonds in the 1980s and immortalized in liar's Poker.
* Joseph Cassano, AIG Financial Products.
* Chuck Prince, former Citi boss.
* Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial.
* Stan O'Neal, former boss of Merill Lynch
* Jimmy Cayne, former Bear Stearns boss.
Others.
* Christopher Dodd, chairman Senate banking committee.
* Geir Haarde, Icelandic prime minister.
The American public.
There's no escaping the fact: politicians might have teed up the financial syatem and failed to police it properly and Wall Street's greedy bankers might have got carried away with the riches they could generate, but if millions of Americans had just realized they were borrowing more than they could repay then we would not be in this mess. The British public got just as carried away. We are the credit junkies of Europe and many of our problems could easily have been avoided if we had been more sensible and just said no.
* John Tiner, FSA chief executive, 2003-07.
Dick Fuld, Lehman Brothers, chief executive.
... and 6 more who saw it coming.
* Andrew Lahde, a hedge fund boss.
* John Paulson, a hedge fund boss.
* Professor Nouriel Roubini, an economist from New York University.
* Warren Buffet, billionaire investor.
* George Soros, speculator.
* Stephen Eismann, hedge fund manager.
* Meredith Whitney, Oppenheimer Securities.
* Alan Greenspan, chairman of US Federal Reserve 1987 - 2006.
*Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England.
Poilticians.
* Bill Clinton, former US president.
* Gordon Brown, British prime minister.
* George W. Bush. US president.
* Senator Phil Graham.
Wall Street/ Bankers
* Abi Cohen, Goldman Sachs chief US strategist.
* Kathleen Corbet, former CEO, Standard & Poor's.
* " Hank " Greenberg, AIG insurance group.
* Andy Hornbt, former HBOS boss.
* Sir Fred Goodwin, former RBS boss.
* Steve Crawshaw, former B&B boss.
* Adam Applegarth, former Northern Rock boss.
* Ralph Cioffi and Mathew Tannin, Bear Stearns.
Lewis Ranieri, The " godfather " of mortgage finance, who pioneered mortgage backed bonds in the 1980s and immortalized in liar's Poker.
* Joseph Cassano, AIG Financial Products.
* Chuck Prince, former Citi boss.
* Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial.
* Stan O'Neal, former boss of Merill Lynch
* Jimmy Cayne, former Bear Stearns boss.
Others.
* Christopher Dodd, chairman Senate banking committee.
* Geir Haarde, Icelandic prime minister.
The American public.
There's no escaping the fact: politicians might have teed up the financial syatem and failed to police it properly and Wall Street's greedy bankers might have got carried away with the riches they could generate, but if millions of Americans had just realized they were borrowing more than they could repay then we would not be in this mess. The British public got just as carried away. We are the credit junkies of Europe and many of our problems could easily have been avoided if we had been more sensible and just said no.
* John Tiner, FSA chief executive, 2003-07.
Dick Fuld, Lehman Brothers, chief executive.
... and 6 more who saw it coming.
* Andrew Lahde, a hedge fund boss.
* John Paulson, a hedge fund boss.
* Professor Nouriel Roubini, an economist from New York University.
* Warren Buffet, billionaire investor.
* George Soros, speculator.
* Stephen Eismann, hedge fund manager.
* Meredith Whitney, Oppenheimer Securities.
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