Matt Stoller: Virtually Speaking with Jay Ackroyd

01/20/12 • 151 min

Former staffer to Congressman Alan Grayson, Matt Stoller is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a contributing editor to the financial site Naked Capitalism. He also contributes to Politico, Alternet, Salon, The Nation and Reuters, focusing on the intersection of foreclosures, the financial system, and political corruption. Matt and Jay Ackroyd talk about tensions between liberalism and strong central government.

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