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Robert Pollin, economics professor and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute, talks about why he believes there should be a federal tax levied on speculative financial transactions. He says such a tax would help prevent speculative bubbles in the economy.
January 6, 2010
The Real News Network
Tax the speculators and create a public bank