Rana Foroohar: “Makers and Takers”

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Guest: Rana Foroohar

After the financial crisis of 2008, politicians promised to reign in Wall Street and get control of the big banks. But few regulations have passed or been implemented.  According to Time magazine business columnist RANA FOROOHAR, financial companies wield far too much power over our economy.  Foroohar argues in a new book, that the financial sector is hurting businesses, the middle class, and jobs in the U.S.  Marty talks with Foroohar about her new book, Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business and about the “financialization of America.”

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