Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling on the heads of the nation’s biggest banks to voluntarily disclose how much those institutions are giving to think tanks — one day after her preferred policies were publicly criticized by a think tank.With Elizabeth Warren it's all about more regulation of everything.
The noted Wall Street critic argued Wednesday that those banks have an obligation to tell the public when they are backing an outside think tank that produces research and analysis often relied on by policymakers. Her letter to Wall Street CEOs came one day after a think tank liberals criticize as a "Wall Street front group" published an editorial blasting her preferred policies.
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
After criticism, Warren calls on banks to go public with think tank financing
The Hill reports: