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Jan 2024
38m 45s

The Capitalisn't of Banking, with Anat A...

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PODCAST NETWORK
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It's been nearly 16 years since the federal government bailed out Wall Street to the tune of $700 billion in response to the financial crisis that precipitated the Great Recession. The idea that the public must guarantee critical financial institutions that are “too big to fail” was controversial then, but does it still remain an issue? Stanford finance prof ... Show More
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