I continue to believe that an unregulated shadow banking system created the crisis and that casino-style betting magnified and lengthened it.
Maxine Waters: “I continue to believe that an unregulated shadow banking system created the crisis and that casino-style betting…”
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Waters attributes the financial crisis to unregulated banking and risky financial practices.
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