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Old 06-13-2012, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Riot View Post
Trading exotic derivatives helped cause the economic collapse, but have nothing to do with the deficit.

Watched the HBO movie Too Big to Fail last nite about the 2008 financial crisis..derivatives vaguely mentioned but it was the Geitner/Paulson show and all the back door under the table dealings...boggles the mind...
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