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Jack Reed: “In general, more, and in general, if the entities are too big to fail, they should be smaller.”

On the recordJune 27, 2011
In general, more, and in general, if the entities are too big to fail, they should be smaller.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the need for larger capital requirements for large financial entities.

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