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Brad Sherman: “The failure of the credit rating agencies were essential cogs in the wheel of financial destruction”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
The failure of the credit rating agencies were essential cogs in the wheel of financial destruction
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman identifies credit rating agencies as key contributors to the financial crisis.

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