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Are Our Banks Still 'Too Big to Fail?'

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 19, 2013 National

Five years after the Great Recession began, our big banks are bigger than ever. Are they still "too big to fail?" Would undue risk-taking mean another taxpayer bailout? Also, the Pope says the Catholic Church is "obsessed" with abortion, gay marriage and contraception. On Today's Talking Point, have Republican House leaders turned into followers?

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From this Episode:

Republican Leadership in Congress Follows the Extremists

House Republicans have held a strategy session and decided to move toward a government shutdown and default on the national debt — even though that's not what their...

9 min, 18 sec

Are America's Financial Institutions Still 'Too Big to Fail?'

Five years ago this week, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers led to America's worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The Bush and Obama Administrations used...

41 min, 51 sec

Credits

Host:
Warren Olney

Producers:
Anna Scott, Kerry Cavanaugh, Sonya Geis