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This article predates the author's affiliation with Cornell Law School. It appeared in published form in The Hill (January 13, 2017) under the title: "Hamilton Acted in Good Faith. Will Steven Mnuchin Do the Same?"

Abstract

UCLA’s legendary basketball coach John Wooden said that the “true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” Steven Mnuchin, another leading citizen of Los Angeles, is now in the spotlight as President-Elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of the Treasury. Running the Treasury requires financial know-how, which this former Goldman Sachs banker has in spades. But it also requires character, as a large part of the Treasury Secretary’s job is to embody the good faith that the American people want the rest of the world to have in us.

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1-2017

Keywords

Steven Mnuchin, Bad faith, Foreclosure, Mortgages

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