Betting Against the American Dream – The Wall Street Money Machine

Jesse Eisinger, Jake Bernstein, Adam Davidson, Ira Glass, and Alex Blumberg, ProPublica, NPR, Chicago Public Radio

ProPublica, in collaboration with NPR’s Planet Money and Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life, revealed how the recession of 2008 was significantly deepened by the machinations of Merrill Lynch, Citibank and Magnetar, a little-known hedge fund. As a result, the SEC is investigating deals referenced in the series, and new rules are being implemented from the financial reform bill

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