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Janet Yellen: “I do not believe that Glass-Steagall was responsible for the financial crisis.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
I do not believe that Glass-Steagall was responsible for the financial crisis.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses Glass-Steagall's role in the financial crisis.

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