Spitzer to Aspiring Politicians: 'Be Smarter Than I Was'

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Spitzer to Aspiring Politicians: 'Be Smarter Than I Was'
Commonwealth Club - The Commonwealth Club of California
As the former attorney general and later governor of New York, Spitzer prosecuted some of the most notorious white-collar crime and securities fraud on Wall Street. He now questions whether we have what it takes to regulate and reform the banking industry.Does "too big to fail" mean too big? Without successful financial regulatory reform, are we just waiting for the next economic meltdown? Spitzer will examine whether the Obama administration is up to the task or whether taxpayers may be on the hook for the next crisis.