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On the recordNovember 18, 2009
So, if I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that the advantage to breaking up the big banks is, we end up with more banks that can fail, because we let them fail, but more banks, then, that can figure out their profitable models and go forward.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren discusses the benefits of breaking up big banks for market health.

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