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Why Dodd-Frank – or its repeal – won't save us from the next crippling Wall Street crash

  • Written by Jena Martin, Professor of Law, West Virginia University

Republicans appear poised to roll back Wall Street regulations passed after the 2008 financial crisis. Democrats argue doing so would be a “monumental mistake.”

It’s been framed as a typical fight over regulation. Democrats want more to protect taxpayers and investors from the next crisis; Republicans want less because it stifles...

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