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Henry Waxman: “The cause wasn't regulation; it was the absence of regulation.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
The cause wasn't regulation; it was the absence of regulation.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waxman attributes the 2008 financial crisis to lack of regulation.

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