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On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
Do any of you know the answer to this: Has there ever been an estimate of what the losses would have been economy-wide had the government not backstopped the money market industry in 2008?
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Foster questions about potential economic losses without government intervention in 2008.

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