When the financial crisis was at its worst late last year, the federal government gave $125 billion of taxpayer capital to the country's biggest banks.
This week, the government reveals which banks will be permitted to give money back. David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal talks with Steve Inskeep about whether that is good news for the economy.
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