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Elizabeth Warren: “Would the SBA be more effective if it became a direct lender again instead of working only through financial…”

On the recordApril 26, 2010
Would the SBA be more effective if it became a direct lender again instead of working only through financial institutions?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the efficiency of the SBA's current lending model.

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