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Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:04 PM Jul 2015

Hillary Clinton's Glass-Steagall


Robert Reich Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; author, 'Beyond Outrage'

"Hillary Clinton won't propose reinstating a bank break-up law known as the Glass-Steagall Act -- at least according to Alan Blinder, an economist who has been advising Clinton's campaign. "You're not going to see Glass-Steagall," Blinder said after her economic speech Monday in which she failed to mention it. Blinder said he had spoken to Clinton directly about Glass-Steagall.
This is a big mistake.
It's a mistake politically because people who believe Hillary Clinton is still too close to Wall Street will not be reassured by her position on Glass-Steagall. Many will recall that her husband led the way to repealing Glass Steagall in 1999 at the request of the big Wall Street banks.
It's a big mistake economically because the repeal of Glass-Steagall led directly to the 2008 Wall Street crash, and without it we're in danger of another one........"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/hillary-clintons-glass-steagall_b_7798344.html
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Hillary Clinton's Glass-Steagall (Original Post) awake Jul 2015 OP
pssst...look down a couple of posts...it's already posted. antigop Jul 2015 #1
Thanks for the heads up awake Jul 2015 #2
Imagine That - HRC - Friend To Bankers Everywhere cantbeserious Jul 2015 #3
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