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What’s Happened to the Big Players in the Financial Crisis?

Widespread demonstrations in support of Occupy Wall Street have put the financial crisis back into the national spotlight lately. So here’s a quick refresher on what’s happened to some of the main players, whose behavior, whether merely reckless or downright deliberate, helped cause or worsen the meltdown.

A Test Where the Banks Had the Questions and Answers

Later this month, the U.S. Federal Reserve is going to let banks know how they did on its most recent round of “stress tests,” a follow-up to the tests the Fed conducted in the wake of the financial crisis. But reporter Jesse Eisinger says something seems different this time around. It’s almost as if the banks knew their results, even before the testing was complete.

Financial Crisis: Can the Fed Be “Smarter and Better” Next Time?

Even as the headlines report that the U.S. economy is improving, the drumbeat of recriminations stemming from last year’s financial crisis grows louder. Rightly so.