9/19/13 Mike Konczal: Summers, Taper, Financial Crisis Confusion

Economist Mike Konczal explains, why we focus to much on the Lehman Brothers collapse when we talk about the financial crisis; the broader roots of the economic implosion; how Wall Street manipulates "stress tests"; why Wall Street fails and never pays a price; how the financial sector holds back American growth and innovation; why Larry Summers getting pressured out of the race for Fed chair is great for America and what it means when the Federal Reserve "tapers".

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