After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street-And Washington

Since the first rumblings of the economic crisis began in 2007, Americans have suffered four years of recession, stagnation, and fear. The culprit is not free markets, as many have claimed, but Washington policy. The problem is how politicians and regulators have treated the nation's "too big to fail" financial industry for nearly three decades.

As financial markets melted down in 2008, President George W. Bush made it clear that taxpayers stood behind large financial firms. Months later, Pr...