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Introduction

the warning

Amidst the 1990s' bullmarket, there was one lone regulator who warned about derivatives' dangers -- and suddenly became the enemy of some of the most powerful people in Washington...

Video Timeline

The tide of deregulation; the drumbeat of warnings

 Analysis Join the discussion Podcast

Brooksley Born ... Arthur Levitt ... Joseph Stiglitz ... Gary Gensler ... Michael Greenberger

What ought to be done now?... More about Brooksley Born ... What if they--

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