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Sherrod Brown: “This is not capitalism. You mentioned, I think, in your own remarks that when you have socializing losses while you are…”

On the recordAugust 2, 2011
This is not capitalism. You mentioned, I think, in your own remarks that when you have socializing losses while you are privatizing gains, you get a distorted market economy.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Critique of the economic system favoring privatized gains and socialized losses.

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