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Elizabeth Warren: “What I'm asking about though is the role of the regulators in those concentrations. The regulators had the power to make…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2010
What I'm asking about though is the role of the regulators in those concentrations. The regulators had the power to make sure that this didn't happen. What went wrong?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the regulators' failure to prevent bank concentration issues.

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