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Mar 6, 2019

Bonus: Why didn’t any Wall Street CEO go to jail after the financial crisis?

Millions of people lost their homes, their jobs, and their savings. The Great Recession collectively destroyed more than $30 trillion of the world’s wealth. Yet no Wall Street executive went to jail for it. So, what happened? 

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The Wall Street Bull sculpture is seen in the Financial District on Dec. 8, 2016 in New York. 
The Wall Street Bull sculpture is seen in the Financial District on Dec. 8, 2016 in New York. 
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