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Wall Street regulations need a facelift, not a minor Dodd-Frank makeover

  • Written by Jena Martin, Professor of Law, West Virginia University
Wall Street needs a new face.AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Republicans finally managed to roll back some of the Wall Street regulations passed by Congress in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis after years of trying.

While it wasn’t a full repeal as some had hoped, it’s the first legislative overhaul since the Dodd-Frank Act became law...

Read more: Wall Street regulations need a facelift, not a minor Dodd-Frank makeover

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