Meet the bankers and brokers responsible for the financial crisis - and the officials who let them get away with it
The Enabler
ALAN
GREENSPAN
WAS
Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987-2006)
The Pioneer
SANDY
WEILL
WAS CEO
of Citigroup (1998-2003)
WHAT HE
DID Created the first too-big-to-fail company,
Citigroup. Led the boom in subprime mortgages.
The Ideologue
PHIL
GRAMM
WAS
Senate Banking Committee chair (1995-2000)
KNOWN
AS "High priest of deregulation"
The Arsonist
JOE
CASSANO
WAS
Chief of AIG Financial Products (2001-2008)
WHAT HE
DID Blew a $500 billion hole in fabric of the
universe by placing massive bet on the bubble economy with money he
didn't have.
The Bagman
ROBERT
RUBIN
WAS
Treasury secretary (1995-1999)
WHAT HE
DID Opposed regulation of credit swaps; fought to
overturn Glass-Steagall Act, leading to creation of Citigroup,
where he later made $115 million.
Mr. Buck Passer
CHRISTOPHER
COX
WAS
Chairman of the SEC (2005-2009)
The Predator
ANGELO
MOZILO
WAS Head
of Countrywide Financial
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