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Ted Kaufman: “We have got to get away from this too-big-to-fail. It is bad in so many different ways in terms of the concept.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
We have got to get away from this too-big-to-fail. It is bad in so many different ways in terms of the concept.
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Ted Kaufman
Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Kaufman emphasizes the negative impact of too-big-to-fail banks on competition.

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