Volcker's Rules

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010
Former Federal Reserve Chairman and current economic adviser Paul Volcker advocates breaking up the big banks. Felix Salmon, economics reporter for Reuters, talks about Volcker's ascendancy in the Obama administration and other economic news of the day.

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