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Is It Time Wall Street Was Paid for Performance?

Pay cuts for corporate executives and new rules for banks are designed to protect against another recession. Are the right people being punished? Is government intervention too little, too late?

By Warren Olney • Oct 26, 2009 • 50m Listen

Pay cuts for corporate executives and new rules for banks are designed to protect against another recession. Are the right people being punished? Is government intervention too little, too late? Also, tensions are high after a deadly day in Baghdad. On Reporter's Notebook, why has "Baby Einstein" failed to make geniuses out of infants? Why did parents think it would in the first place?

Banner image: Members of Code Pink protest as former AIG CEO Martin Sullivan (R) leaves after he testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to examine the causes and effects of the AIG bailout on Capitol Hill October 7, 2008. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

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To the Point

Is It Time Wall Street Was Paid for Performance?

Pay cuts for corporate executives and new rules for banks are designed to protect against another recession. Are the right people being punished? Is government intervention too little, too late?

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To the Point

Is It Time Wall Street Was Paid for Performance?

Pay cuts for corporate executives and new rules for banks are designed to protect against another recession. Are the right people being punished? Is government intervention too little, too late?

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