William Black

former federal financial regulator

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Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry; former investigator of the savings and loan crisis, as well as a federal financial regulator

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Phil Angelides said today the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is probably the last hope for uncovering the causes of what's now called the Great Recession.

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Phil Angelides said today the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is probably the last hope for uncovering the causes of what's now called the Great Recession.

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