The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown

Simon Johnson, co-author of "13 Bankers" describes the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to economic well-being. He explains that over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape. He argues that the largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically "too big to fail," with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. Is this setting the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt? [5/2011] [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 20776]

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• Simon Johnson
• banking
• financial crisis

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For those of you interested in learning the actual cause of the financial meltdowns and what causes them read Murray N. Rothbard's "Americas Great Depression" also look up Austrian Economics for info on why having a free market, free of government intervention, is what we need to be prosperous once again...

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The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown "13 Bankers" describes the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to economic well-being. over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically "too big to fail," with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. INFO-AWARENESS - VIKEN Z K