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Will the Banking Crisis End with Nationalization?

Hosted by Warren Olney Jan. 22, 2009 National
Nobody wants the US government to take over the banking industry, but more and more people are saying it might happen. Three hundred billion dollars given to banks by the Bush Administration is hardly small change, but bank losses may add up to two trillion anyway. On Reporter's Notebook, opening up the records.
Nobody wants the US government to take over the banking industry, but more and more people are saying it might happen. Three hundred billion dollars given to banks by the Bush Administration is hardly small change, but bank losses may add up to two trillion anyway. On Reporter's Notebook, opening up the records.

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Host:

Warren Olney

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Frances Anderton, Christian Bordal, Andrea Brody, Katie Cooper, Sonya Geis

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