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Sherrod Brown: “Most people agree that Senate drafters of Dodd-Frank set the threshold at $50 billion because they wanted to avoid…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
Most people agree that Senate drafters of Dodd-Frank set the threshold at $50 billion because they wanted to avoid creating the moral hazard associated with a market perception that an institution is too big to fail.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown discusses the rationale behind the $50 billion threshold in Dodd-Frank.

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