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Elizabeth Warren: “Those conflicts of interest now cost Americans $17 billion every year.”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Those conflicts of interest now cost Americans $17 billion every year.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren highlights the financial impact of conflicts of interest in retirement advising.

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