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Sherrod Brown: “In the run-up to the financial crisis, Wall Street banks bragged about innovations that they claimed made the financial…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2018
In the run-up to the financial crisis, Wall Street banks bragged about innovations that they claimed made the financial system less risky and credit more affordable.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown critiques Wall Street's claims about financial innovations before the crisis.

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