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John C. Coffee: “The Volcker Rule was a reasonable way of doing that, by getting banks out of the business of proprietary trading.”

On the recordApril 27, 2017
The Volcker Rule was a reasonable way of doing that, by getting banks out of the business of proprietary trading.
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John C. Coffee
Washington

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John Coffee defends the Volcker Rule as essential for regulating banks' risk-taking.

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