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On the recordMay 12, 2009
Why did AIG meet the criteria of systemic risk while Lehman Brothers did not?
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Sean Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney questions the decision-making criteria for systemic risk regarding AIG and Lehman Brothers.

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