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Kent Conrad: “Had we not done what we did, I believe there would have been a global financial collapse.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2009
Had we not done what we did, I believe there would have been a global financial collapse.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Conrad emphasizes the necessity of government intervention to prevent a financial disaster.

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