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Jackie Speier: “Paul Volcker said it very succinctly very recently when he said that the financial demise that we have just witnessed is…”

On the recordJune 10, 2009
Paul Volcker said it very succinctly very recently when he said that the financial demise that we have just witnessed is the result of executive compensation that has been linked to riskier and riskier activity.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Speier cites Volcker on the link between executive pay and financial crises.

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