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Rachel Maddow | Frank Rich: Did Big Banks Get Off Too Easy for Causing the Crisis?

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Frank Rich, writer-at-large for New York Magazine, talks with Rachel about why the lack of prosecutions of bankers for the fraud that led to the global economic disaster is a missed opportunity for President Obama.

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Frank Rich, writer-at-large for New York Magazine, talks with Rachel about why the lack of prosecutions of bankers for the fraud that led to the global economic disaster is a missed opportunity for President Obama.

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