Times asks Paulsen the wrong questions

We must be in crisis. Otherwise, why would anyone want to know what Henry Paulson had to say?

As the story in today’s Times points out, Paulson was at the helm in 2008 when the financial system entered meltdown and, if we wanted to be accurate about it, we would admit that he bore significant responsibility for the crash and the malaise that has followed.

But the Times left much of that out of its piece, preferring instead to focus on the prospects for the future. That might seem the best way to move forward to some, but the reality is that we cannot move forward without answering questions about cause and effect.

Rather than going to Paulsen for a diagnosis, we should be suing him for malpractice.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet