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Elizabeth Warren: “This policy is likely to prolong the agony and leave a still-wounded banking system dragging down the real economy.”

On the recordMay 27, 2009
This policy is likely to prolong the agony and leave a still-wounded banking system dragging down the real economy.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren agrees with Kuttner's critique of the banking support strategy.

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