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Richard Shelby: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has discussed publicly the inadequacy of our insolvency regime for large global…

On the recordMarch 16, 2009
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has discussed publicly the inadequacy of our insolvency regime for large global financial conglomerates, such as AIG.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby highlights Bernanke's concerns about the current insolvency regime for large financial firms.

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