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I honestly don't see the problem with giving speeches at market rate. If the allegation was that she opened Citadel's books and provided advisory services to th

by runako 6y ago

I honestly don't see the problem with giving speeches at market rate. If the allegation was that she opened Citadel's books and provided advisory services to them, I would consider that different. But delivering a speech that she may have delivered in other venues does not strike me as necessarily of conflict. I do think the ethics office should review after the fact and raise any concerns that arise, but generally I think we as citizens should be afforded the benefit of her expertise more often than not.

totalZero 6y ago
If you participate in a business that can impact your decisions as a regulator or policy maker, that's a conflict of interest. The problem isn't the price of the speeches. It's the fact that she got paid that money by someone who has a huge interest in a financial system that she's charged to oversee. > delivering a speech that she may have delivered in other venues does not strike me as necessarily of conflict This argument totally ignores the fact that the conflict of interest arises from the transaction, not from the content of her speech.