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Gary Gensler: “We have a fundamental crack or a problem in our foundation here in that the system designed to hedge risk, to ameliorate…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2009
We have a fundamental crack or a problem in our foundation here in that the system designed to hedge risk, to ameliorate risk, actually has caused risk in the economy; what is the underlying solution to that?
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Gary Gensler
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Gensler discusses issues in the risk management system causing economic risks.

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