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On the recordFebruary 8, 2011
I continue to believe that an unregulated shadow banking system created the crisis and that casino-style betting magnified and lengthened it.
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Russell Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters attributes the financial crisis to unregulated banking and risky financial practices.

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