Just a reminder that John Gravois will be appearing on MSNBC’s The Cycle (3:00 EDT) to discuss his article on the Consumer Financial Protection Board, “Too Important To Fail,” from the July/August issue of the Washington Monthly. Please tune in if you can.

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