Phil Angelides

Chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and former two-term California State Treasurer Phil Angelides discusses the global financial crisis the responses to it--including the Euro Zone debt crisis and the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Phil Angelides, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission chairman, is a weekly guest for the month of February.  This week he continues to unpack the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission findings on the reasons behind the economic meltdown.  

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Ultimately, because they were a profit making organization they decided to try to regain market share, drive up profits, drive up compensation. They joined the party late and unfor...

Today is the second in a four-part series with Phil Angelides every Thursday in February. This week: the aftershock effect of the financial meltdown in state governments and the private economy.

Phil Angelides, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission chairman, is the monthly guest for February. This week, he continues to unpack the commission's findings, taking a look at the ongoing fallout of the economic meltdown.

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I believe we need to be much more aggressive in trying to help people who can make a level of payments stay in their homes… We have created a tangled web and I believe we need much ...

Today is the first in a four-part series with Phil Angelides every Thursday in February. Today: An Overview.

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission chairman Phil Angelides discusses his group's findings on the reasons behind the economic meltdown.

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I had spent a lot of my life in the private sector, in finance, and I was stunned by what I learned this year, I was shocked. The extent to which our financial system went from being ...

Phil Angelides, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission chairman, talks about the testimonies the commission is gathering from experts, culprits, and the victims of the economic meltdown.

Financial regulatory reform will likely be signed into law this summer, months before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission wraps up its investigation on the causes of the crisis.