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Mike McIntyre: “Haven't you have been charged to regulate the derivatives market to protect the financial system from stupid, imprudent…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
Haven't you have been charged to regulate the derivatives market to protect the financial system from stupid, imprudent, wrong and costly mistakes?
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Mike McIntyre
North Carolina

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Questioning the CFTC's regulation of financial cooperatives and their exemption from certain derivatives activities.

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