The bank always wins
The economy is still struggling, two years after the financial collapse. The unemployment rate still hovers around 9%, and many Americans are still struggling to make ends meet.
It seems we all lose when the economy goes bad, but Louise Story, Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times, says not everyone struggles ? banks always win.
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