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On the recordJune 8, 2009
I do think that derivatives had a lot to do with the impact and the scope of the economic downturn that we are currently experiencing.
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Stephen Lynch
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Lynch attributes significant responsibility for the economic downturn to derivatives.

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