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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
the notion that people will not be able to make loans unless they can securitize without risk retention I think is a great mistake.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank criticizes the belief that loans depend on securitization without risk retention.

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