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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Grads Still Bound for Wall Street Despite Crisis

Updated: June 4 2010,
Author: barrel fan
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Division of Labor/Specialization, Goods and Services, Incentive, Markets, Markets and Prices
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Paul Solman talks to Harvard economist Ben Friedman about college graduates who continue flocking to Wall Street, three years into the financial crisis.

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