Wall Street crisis is culmination of 28 years of deregulation


	Wall Street crisis is culmination of 28 years of deregulation

bbittner

9-16-2008 6:30 AM

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9-17-2008 5:13 PM

earnric

That last paragraph is a great quote... and true.

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