The Post has a very good investigative piece on how Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin, and Larry Summers prevented the Commodities Futures Trading Commission from regulating derivatives like credit default swaps.
--Dean Baker
The Post Nails the Greenspan/Rubin Crew on Deregulation
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