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On the recordMay 5, 2010
Based on that, and again, I want your comments, is that you cannot assure us that this problem would have been self-correcting given the market mechanism in place, is that a fair judgment?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed questions the self-correcting nature of market mechanisms during disruptions.

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