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Richard Shelby: It would be a very bad idea to name who is systemically significant.

On the recordMarch 9, 2009
It would be a very bad idea to name who is systemically significant.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby warns against identifying systemically significant institutions due to potential moral hazard.

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