Rewriting The Rules Of The Financial System

by Alex Blumberg, NPR

The government — and taxpayers — rescued some of the nation's biggest companies in the heat of the financial crisis to prevent the economy from collapsing. The Obama administration says it has a plan to prevent a "Too Big To Fail" bailout from happening again, but there are some surprising points of view about whether that plan could work.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, October 9, 2009