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Simon Johnson on Misleading Messages in the Fight for Financial Reform

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Paul Solman: On Thursday's NewsHour, we speak to Simon Johnson about his new book, 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown. A great benefit of this website is that we can share intriguing angles to a story that don't quite fit with the main theme as independent sidebars here.

Without further ado, then, the ever-eloquent and near-ubiquitous Johnson, on his recent brush with "identity theft" -- and his anger at how corporate money is being used to mislead the public about the need for financial reform.

-- Posted May 13, 2010 | Comments ( ) | Permalink