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Elizabeth Warren: “The shutdown should not create moral hazard by letting the bank's executives escape accountability.”

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
The shutdown should not create moral hazard by letting the bank's executives escape accountability.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren insists on accountability for bank executives during failures.

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