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On the recordJuly 11, 2016
For too long our financial regulatory system has been governed by global networks of really detached elites who believe they are smarter than the market and the people when it comes to allocating and assessing risk.
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Scott Garrett
Republican · New Jersey

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Criticism of the current financial regulatory system's reliance on elite decision-making.

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