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On the recordFebruary 3, 2009
Even former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, once an ardent defender of deregulation and the free market, recently acknowledged that there was a 'flaw' in his belief that markets could and would regulate themselves.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer references Greenspan's admission of a flaw in deregulation beliefs.

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