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Guest: Richard Posner

Financial collapse and the Internet are behind our polarized politics, says Judge Richard Posner

August 24, 2012
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Tea Party activist William Temple protests in front of he U.S. Supreme Court on June 28, 2012, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images  

“The growth of the electronic media has fostered extremism of all sorts because the problem is that people who used to have really extreme views on anything, … they didn’t think these views were widely shared.” —Judge Richard Posner watch video

In wide-ranging discussion, Judge Richard Posner weighs in on Wall Street, the Constitution

August 23, 2012
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Federal Judge Richard Posner and Eliot Spitzer during the August 23, 2012, edition of "Viewpoint."  

“The financial industry undergirds the entire economy, and if it is made riskier by deregulation and collapses … the entire economy freezes.” —Judge Richard Posner watch video

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