{"id":1090,"date":"2020-12-05T16:54:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2020\/12\/05\/the-new-goldman-sachs-blackrock-sees-clout-growing-as-biden-taps-two-execs-to-top-economic-posts-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-05T16:54:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:54:42","slug":"the-new-goldman-sachs-blackrock-sees-clout-growing-as-biden-taps-two-execs-to-top-economic-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/05\/the-new-goldman-sachs-blackrock-sees-clout-growing-as-biden-taps-two-execs-to-top-economic-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Goldman Sachs? BlackRock Sees Clout Growing as Biden Taps Two Execs to Top Economic Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For his incoming economic team, President-elect Joe Biden has picked several people associated with the investment giant BlackRock, which has been called \u201cthe fourth branch of government.\u201d This includes his choice of Brian Deese, a former adviser to Barack Obama, to be his director of the National Economic Council. Deese was the global head of sustainable investing for BlackRock, which is the world\u2019s largest asset manager, with over $7 trillion in its portfolio. This comes as progressives are demanding a Cabinet free of Wall Street influence. \u201cBlackRock has very smartly cultivated its reputation as a sort of ‘good guy’ on Wall Street\u201d that is contradicted by their conduct, notes Kate Aronoff, staff writer at The New Republic. \u201cTime after time, they have sought to shirk regulation and \u2014 in the last year especially, and while Brian Deese has been there \u2014 really greenwashed their image.\u201d<\/p>\n

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