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Well, I think book royalties are the best example, since they're ultimately paid by a mass audience of interested readers, not an elite few.

Sort of. But advance could easily be inflated and he won't have to pay it back

It could be. An uneconomic book deal could look fishy. But Obama is an ex-president with a huge fan base who's written bestsellers before.

The standard is not to do nothing that nobody could ever complain about. But I think the case about banks is clear.

Banks have major policy interests, bad bank policy can wreck world economy, & proper bank policy in a crisis can involve giving banks money

So voters, especially on the left, are naturally suspicious about the relationship between politicians and banks.

What future political office does he plan to hold? How is this 'conflicting influence' supposed to work?

Payments from the Koch Brothers ok?

I guess he'll need to get a 9-to-5 or some people somewhere might disapprove.