David Weigel–Clinton and Gingrich Agree: We Miss Glass Steagall
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Repealing Glass-Steagall was a mistake. It almost certainly contributed to the cowboy culture on Wall Street that we have seen over the last decade +.
It not only contributed to it, I firmly believe it caused the collapse.