Wednesday, December 04, 2013

After criticism, Warren calls on banks to go public with think tank financing

The Hill reports:
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.

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.
With Elizabeth Warren it's all about more regulation of everything.