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Why ‘bad banks’ might be a good thing

Paddy Hirsch Jan 13, 2009
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Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s latest plan to get the economy moving — and the risk involved.

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