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Bush Adviser Ponders: What Did I Do Wrong?

At the United Nations, 09.23.08
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At the United Nations, 09.23.08
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Today on Planet Money:

-- What did I do wrong? Tim Adams, a Bush adviser who served in the U.S. Treasury Department, takes a minute to consider that question seriously.

-- It's real money. Economist Brad Setser considers who besides the U.S. government could gin up $700 billion for a bailout.

-- Listener checks in: What's wrong with limiting executive pay?

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