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Barney Frank: “If that is the case, it does seem to me that responsibility should be broadly shared.”

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
If that is the case, it does seem to me that responsibility should be broadly shared.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank argues for shared responsibility in the financial crisis.

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