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Elizabeth Warren: “I have often wondered how the regulators would calculate the benefits of avoiding another financial crisis.”

On the recordMarch 24, 2015
I have often wondered how the regulators would calculate the benefits of avoiding another financial crisis.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the ability to measure the benefits of preventing financial crises.

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