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Gary Gensler: The amount of bad judgment exercised by people paid enormous amounts of money in salaries and bonuses is kind of…

On the recordJune 3, 2009
The amount of bad judgment exercised by people paid enormous amounts of money in salaries and bonuses is kind of breathtaking to me.
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Gary Gensler
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Gensler criticizes the poor judgment of high-paid individuals in financial sectors.

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