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Should America’s Banks be Nationalized?

Hosted by Warren Olney Jan. 22, 2009
US banks have swallowed $300 billion in bailout money, and they’re asking for more.  What if the government just took control, broke them up and started over? We hear about options available to the Obama Administration.

US banks have swallowed $300 billion in bailout money, and they’re asking for more. What if the government just took control, broke them up and started over? We hear about options available to the Obama Administration.

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Is Nationalization the Next Chapter in the Banking Crisis?

US banks have swallowed up 300 billion dollars in bailout money and they’re still in trouble. The promise of more federal assistance could be making things worse by...

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Sonya Geis, Katie Cooper, Karen Radziner, Andrea Brody

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