Fresh Air: Elizabeth Warren - What Does $700 Billion Buy Taxpayers? 11 Dec 2008

Bankruptcy and commercial law expert Elizabeth Warren explains how taxpayer money is being spent in the financial bailout program. A professor at Harvard Law School, Warren chairs the oversight panel appointed by Congress to monitor the spending of the $700 billion bailout money. The committee issues its first report on Dec. 10.

committee report: http://cop.senate.gov/documents/cop-121008-report.pdf

from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98123372

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