Ex-Obama Aide Known As “Hedge Funds’ Secret Weapon” Assails Bernie Sanders’ Wall Street Overhaul
Zaid Jilani
In response to a plan that Bernie Sanders offered this week
to break up Wall Street banks, former top Obama economic adviser Austan
Goolsbee took to Twitter to criticize the Vermont senator for targeting
large financial institutions and being politically unrealistic.
But Goolsbee is hardly an unbiased observer. Since leaving government, he’s become a valuable tool for Wall Street.
