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Pat McHenry: “The success of our capital markets in the United States has to do a lot with property rights and contract law and…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2014
The success of our capital markets in the United States has to do a lot with property rights and contract law and certainty of our regime, as well as wise regulation, not the absence of regulation, which is a misunderstanding and a wrong conclusion of the last financial crisis.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

McHenry emphasizes the importance of regulation in U.S. capital markets post-financial crisis.

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