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The Economist asks whether the government can have the resolve to take strong action where necessary with the banks. The feeling is that the government was too close to the banks during the boom, and banks like Goldman have so much influence in the government and many bankers work inside the government, making it difficult to separate the public interest from the interest of the banks. This makes it more difficult to take necessary action when it comes to the banks.

Revolving door for officials in U.S. government and regulatory authorites, the S.E.C., the Federal Reserve, and the large banks.

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Orszag, budget director in the Obama administration, joins Citigroup. A senior official at the New York Fed's regulatory department joins Goldman Sachs. Another Fed official joins Morgan Stanley as chief economist. S.E.C. enforcement chief leaves Deutsche Bank for the S.E.C. and leaves the S.E.C. for a position in the financial industry. The nominee for S.E.C. chief in 2013, Jo White, represented JP Morgan Chase in her work at a law firm. The nominee for Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, worked at Citigroup for a short period. A similiar situation exists in the UK and in other EU countries.

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