Too Big To Fail

Q&A with author & NY Times financial reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin.

Andrew Ross Sorkin's Wikipedia Bio, NY Times Article Index and personal Website.

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Looking Underneath The T.A.R.P.

So how are we taxpayers doing so far?

Steve Geimann, Washington Editor for Bloomberg News, says the $700 billion dollar bailout program has damaged the government’s credibility, has done little to change risky behavior on Wall Street, and taxpayers won’t get all their money back… but the Treasury Department’s Special Inspector General also reports that the TARP program did bring the financial system back from the brink.

Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now, October 21. Host: Robin Young.