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Sherrod Brown: “Automation allowed high frequency trading that created the flash crash and contributed to the '08 financial crisis.”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2023
Automation allowed high frequency trading that created the flash crash and contributed to the '08 financial crisis.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Chair Brown discusses the negative impacts of technology in finance.

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