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Elizabeth Warren: “The financial crash of 2008 was quick, sudden, and it caught our Nation unawares”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
The financial crash of 2008 was quick, sudden, and it caught our Nation unawares
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren discusses the unexpected nature of the 2008 financial crisis.

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