We just got access to a treasure trove of financial crisis documents, and they're fascinating
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The National Archives did a document dump on Friday, releasing transcripts, meeting agendas, and confidentiality agreements from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Here are some of the highlights:
- Warren Buffett on the Wall Street pay problem, and how to solve it.
- Warren Buffett on why a good business is one "your idiot nephew" could run.
- Steve Eisman from "The Big Short" on clueless CEOs, financial gobbledygook and stupidity.
- Gregg Lippmann and Ben Hockett, also of "The Big Short" fame, on the financial crisis.
- Joe Cassano, the former CEO of AIG Financial Products, on AIG's controversial collateral dispute with Goldman Sachs.
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