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On the recordNovember 2, 2011
I think our financial system failed in part because our regulatory system failed in 2008.
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Gary Gensler
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Gensler attributes the financial crisis to failures in the regulatory system.

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