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7 Wall Street Bankers Pushing To End 'Too Big To Fail'

7 Wall Street Bankers Pushing To End 'Too Big To Fail'
Harry Bradford
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Former Associate Business Editor, The Huffington Post

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2006 file photo, Sandy Weill, chairman of Citigroup, exits Carnegie Hall in New York where the annual shareholders meeting was held. Weill, the aggressive dealmaker who built Citigroup on the idea that in banking, bigger is better, said on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Wednesday, July 25, 2012 that he believes big banks should be broken up. It's an idea that's traditionally more in line with the banking industry's harshest critics, not its founding fathers. It's an ironic twist coming from an empire-builder who nursed Citigroup into a behemoth. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2006 file photo, Sandy Weill, chairman of Citigroup, exits Carnegie Hall in New York where the annual shareholders meeting was held. Weill, the aggressive dealmaker who built Citigroup on the idea that in banking, bigger is better, said on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Wednesday, July 25, 2012 that he believes big banks should be broken up. It's an idea that's traditionally more in line with the banking industry's harshest critics, not its founding fathers. It's an ironic twist coming from an empire-builder who nursed Citigroup into a behemoth. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

It's troubling when some of the nation's top economists tell us Wall Street banks are too big. It's even more worrisome when bankers themselves have the same fear.

"Too big to fail" banks have faced renewed scrutiny in recent weeks, since Attorney General Eric Holder admitted that some institutions are simply too big to prosecute.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) responded to Holder's admission, arguing that this is why the banks need to be held accountable. Thousands have also signed a petition urging President Obama to "take immediate steps to break up the big banks."

Here are seven bankers who agree that breaking up the banks is the way to go:

Sanford "Sandy" Weill

Bankers Who Want To Break Up Big Banks

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