The Assets

Uncivil by Gimlet

Dec 20, 201729:25Society & Culture

Rachel Swarns of the New York Times joins us to discuss what she discovered when she followed the money trail of one of the nation's top financial institutions all the back to the 19th century. Further reading: You can r...

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