Financial Bail-Out Rejected

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Guest Host:

Frank Sesno
Financial Bail-Out Rejected

The House of Representatives rejected the administration's $700 billion financial bail out package sending the stock market tumbling. A look at why the measure failed and what proponents of the plan are hoping to do next.

The House of Representatives rejected the administration's $700 billion financial bail out package sending the stock market tumbling. A look at why the measure failed and what proponents of the plan are hoping to do next.

Guests

Dean Baker

co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of "Plunder & Blunder the Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy" (PoliPointPress)

Martin Kady

reporter, Politico

Tom Deutsch

Deputy Executive Director, American Securitization Forum

Kathleen Day

Center for Responsible Lending

Frank Partnoy

George E. Barrett professor of law and finance, University of San Diego.

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