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Barney Frank: “The economic crisis would never have occurred if all lenders originated loans in the same manner as credit unions.”

On the recordMarch 23, 2009
The economic crisis would never have occurred if all lenders originated loans in the same manner as credit unions.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Barney Frank highlights credit unions' responsible lending as a contrast to the practices that caused the economic crisis.

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