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Jeff Merkley: “It means you crash overnight when the market turns, and you melt down the entire economy, and that is where we are now.”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2010
It means you crash overnight when the market turns, and you melt down the entire economy, and that is where we are now.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses the risks of high financial leverage.

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