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J'Accuse, Part Deux

Ben Stein's second examination of the financial meltdown

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 27, 2008 1:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – Economist, writer, actor, and lawyer Ben Stein follows up his December excoriation of Goldman Sachs' contribution to the subprime crisis with a look in today's New York Times into how Wall Street executives can get away with reckless behavior at the expense of the public.... Read full story »

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