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Explain consideration for Larry Summers as Fed Chairman

Created by D.B. on August 30, 2013

In light of the delicate position of the economy, specifically the slow recovery of employment and wages, explain how you justify considering Larry Summers to lead the Fed when he strongly supported the deregulation of banks that led to excessive risk-taking, continued lack of regulation of the derivative markets that crashed the economy, and a lack of restructuring in conjunction with bank bailouts.

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