CSPAN2 Book TV December 20, 2009
closer to a moment when the financial system stopped functioning, where banks failed, where unemployment went even higher than it is now, where we had the kind of shattered lives and shattered confidence in capitalism that marked the great depression. we came closer to that than we have at any moment in 70 years. but today, we've pulled back from that abyss. the economy isn't healthy, but it's better. the economy is out of intensive care. and what i write about in this book is the role that the fed, and particularly, been curb played if bringing us to this point, where we can talk ab...