Bank Nationalization

Bank Nationalization

As losses at Citigroup continue to mount, the Obama Administration considers increasing its ownership interest. What bank nationalization might mean for lenders, consumers, and the U.S economy.

As losses at Citigroup continue to mount, the Obama Administration considers increasing its ownership interest. What bank nationalization might mean for lenders, consumers, and the U.S economy.

Guests

Gretchen Morgenson

business columnist, The New York Times.

Alan S. Blinder

Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, co-director of Princeton's Center for Economic Policy Studies, vice chairman of the Promontory Interfinancial Network.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

chief economist, director, Congressional Budget Office from 2003 to 2006, and senior domestic policy adviser to the McCain Campaign and a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.

Wayne Abernathy

executive director, Financial Institutions Policy and Regulatory Affairs, the American Bankers Association.

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