Should the government have the ability to throw those firms into a resolution procedure? I think the answer is that in some cases maybe yes.
Michael S. Barr: “Should the government have the ability to throw those firms into a resolution procedure? I think the answer is that in…”
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Barr suggests that the government should have authority to resolve failing financial firms in certain situations.
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