Should Tim Geithner let Lloyd Blankfein escape?
Mr Blankfein, the chairman and chief executive of Goldman Sachs, is eager for his institution to become the first big bank to shake off the stifling embrace of the US government. Mr Geithner, the US Treasury secretary, must decide whether to let him.
Mr Blankfein's argument is seductive: it is Goldman's “duty” to pay back the $10bn in taxpayer money it took last autumn when its future – and that of the global financial system – looked dicey. Goldman seems to be doing fine now: this week, it reported unexpectedly robust first-quarter earnings of $1.8bn.
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