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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks?

    Bernie Sanders has promised to break up the country’s biggest financial institutions during his first year in office. It’s one of the central tenets of his campaign, and last week he was asked about how he’d do that in an interview with the editorial board of the New York Daily News. He’s now being criticized for seeming vague and evasive.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 6, 2016 • 1 min read

    Bernie Sanders has promised to break up the country’s biggest financial institutions during his first year in office. It’s one of the central tenets of his campaign, and last week he was asked about how he’d do that in an interview with the editorial board of the New York Daily News. He’s now being criticized for seeming vague and evasive. But is the criticism fair? As the California primary nears, we will periodically examine the promises candidates are making. Today: How would Sanders break up the big banks?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Anna Scott

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks? And the New Black Panther
    1. 0:00Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks?You’re reading this
    2. 11:04A 14th Amendment History Lesson
    3. 18:33Women in Combat
    4. 33:32Reintroducing Black Panther
    5. 42:54The Iranian Revolution in Video Game Form
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