If only he had been in a position to influence the problem while at Goldman or running Treasury. CNBC:
Paulson has a new book on the crisis called "On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System."
"What I say in the book is that when I ran with Goldman Sachs, even during benign times, I had felt the compensation in the industry seemed out of whack, and I would occasionally go off in partners meetings and say something to the effect, 'I hope you guys all understand,' and remind them, 'people don't like you. Very few people do,'" Paulson told CNBC.
"When the government did what it did and saved the entire financial system … these paychecks just seem so out of whack and out of tune with what's going on with the public," he added.
