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  1. May 07, 2009, 11:18 am

    ECONOMY: A Discussion About The Roots of the Financial Crisis

    Yesterday, PaperTrail highlighted the top 25 subprime lenders that were responsible for triggering the economic crisis, according the Center’s latest report, Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown. In this week’s Public I podcast, Executive Director Bill Buzenberg talks to lead reporter John Dunbar about how these companies came to make nearly $1 trillion in subprime loans, and why the banks that financed at least 21 of them received federal bailout money. Read more

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