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Sheldon Whitehouse: “That is the Greenspan rule. That is exactly the theory that Alan Greenspan used to justify deregulation of the financial…”

On the recordMay 17, 2010
That is the Greenspan rule. That is exactly the theory that Alan Greenspan used to justify deregulation of the financial regulatory structure that we had.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse critiques deregulation theory linked to financial disasters.

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