Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is speaking at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
Amidst mounting criticism, Professor Lawrence Lessig, the center’s director, said that Spitzer is not giving a “lecture on ethics.”
Spitzer’s topic is “What Should Be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?”
Lessig said that Spitzer was “invited to speak [...]

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2008’s “Fool of the Year” is Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin.
Out of a list of 20 candidates, Palin was chosen by 23% of Foolocracy’s viewers as the politician who acted the most foolishly over the past year. President George Bush followed closely behind at 17%. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tallied a distant third at 10%. Trailing [...]

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Elliot Spitzer is back. Can John Edwards be far behind?
Spitzer wrote an op-ed piece for Slate criticizing the bailouts by the U.S. government. Spitzer will write an op-ed piece for Slate every two weeks focusing on the financial crisis.
Spitzer criticized the bailouts, suggesting they are not promoting any significant change.
We are simply rebuilding the same [...]

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Elliot Spitzer agreed to his first interview since his resignation earlier this year as New York Governor. What he did not say said more about him than what he did say. Spitzer, as you may recall, was identified as “Client 9″ in a prostitution bust involving the Emperor’s Club. Spitzer, once known as the “Sheriff [...]

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