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On the recordMarch 22, 2017
In 2008, the United States economy nearly collapsed as a direct result of lending practices in the housing market that were predatory, unsafe, and in many cases fraudulent.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline discusses the causes of the 2008 economic collapse.

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