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Elizabeth Warren: “AIG had people holding credit default swaps, and they took no haircut at all.”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2009
AIG had people holding credit default swaps, and they took no haircut at all.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren highlights the disparity in treatment between AIG and auto companies during the financial crisis.

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