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In reply to the discussion: PSA: How many people here who love to hate "Wall Street" actually know what it means? [View all]Sancho
(9,070 posts)28. Because it distracts from the real issues of modern international banking...
Warren is good as an economist. She is not an experienced lawyer nor has she been on the front lines dealing with international governments.
Warren talks to Hillary, and Warren advocates an old-fashion, domestic policy that was useful and is now outdated. Hillary is aware that there have to be enforceable legal regulations that can't be bypassed - as many institutions were already doing before the repeal of G-S.
It will take both international regulation plus enforcement to deal with economic inequality. Hillary understand the legal and international aspects. Everyone wants regulation. It's a matter of the method.
What Warren advocates would not be as effective and D-F if D=F were implemented fully.
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PSA: How many people here who love to hate "Wall Street" actually know what it means? [View all]
hill2016
Nov 2015
OP
Yeah,it's a street in Manhattan that symbolizes wealth and greed. It's just a street.
virgogal
Nov 2015
#1
The best answer is here. It's not a simple "fraud" model. It's how the capitalistic world works
Sancho
Nov 2015
#19
Sanders voted for Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000, it aided in the finanical crisis.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#60
Yes, please lecture us about how we don't know what we're talking about - that will win us over.
reformist2
Nov 2015
#15
Banks use our deposits to gamble with & we bail them out if they lose at the table.
RiverLover
Nov 2015
#16
Michael Lewis has written many good books on it. I suggest the OP read some of them.
Electric Monk
Nov 2015
#52
Are you supporting Clinton? Are you sure? have you checked? Check again. Are you still sure?
Scootaloo
Nov 2015
#55