I find this business of having assigning these ratings, which are essentially names for numbers, just absolutely bizarre.
Bill Foster: “I find this business of having assigning these ratings, which are essentially names for numbers, just absolutely…”
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Foster critiques the complexity and inconsistency of financial ratings.
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