Bill Clinton comes clean on derivatives

The former president defends his record, wishes he had "raised more hell" on regulation, but it's Congress' fault

By Andrew Leonard

Published May 28, 2009 2:14PM (EDT)

NOW he tells us!

Bill Clinton:

I always felt a little queasy about the derivative issue.

Peter Baker's New York Times Magazine profile of Clinton.

David Leonhardt's annotated transcript of Baker's interview with Clinton.

Mark Thoma's excerpt of the portion of the interview related to derivatives legislation.


By Andrew Leonard

Andrew Leonard is a staff writer at Salon. On Twitter, @koxinga21.

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