PBS NewsHour

How Barney Frank used government to fight inequality

Clip: 04/23/2015 | 7m 30s

For more than half a century, Barney Frank was one of America's loudest voices for progressive policies, both financial and social. Economics correspondent Paul Solman spends a day in Boston with the famous former lawmaker and financial reformer to discuss his new memoir, “Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage.”

Aired: 04/23/15

Rating: NR

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