The New Global Elite
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With four Wall Street banks controlling half the assets of the nation’s banking system, average investors are outmatched by high-speed computer trading and disadvantaged by private equity insiders and hedge funds that are first in line to reap greater rewards. Finance journalist Felix Salmon will explain how the “too big to fail” bankers are driving the disparity of wealth at home while creating a new global elite abroad. Salmon is the award-winning blogging editor for Reuters and a regular contributor to NPR’s Marketplace.
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