Summers on Importance of Financial Oversight, Curbing 'Too Big to Fail'

FINANCIAL REFORM -- April 22, 2010 at 4:35 PM EDT

Summers on Importance of Financial Oversight, Curbing 'Too Big to Fail'

After President Obama spoke in New York City on Thursday about "common sense, reasonable" solutions to the problems that led to the financial crisis, correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with Lawrence H. Summers, the director of the National Economic Council. Here is a preview of their conversation:

You can watch the rest of Jeffrey Brown's newsmaker interview with Summers on Thursday's NewsHour as well as an interview with BNY Mellon CEO Robert Kelly. Stay tuned.

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