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On the recordNovember 13, 2012
The Bank of England Governor, Mervyn King and several other prominent economists in the world have said that the Basel III capital standards are insufficient to prevent another crisis.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby cites Mervyn King's opinion on Basel III capital standards' inadequacy.

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