Should the Sc C and CFT C Be Independent Agencies?

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I'm not sure what the institutional dynamics are that matter very much. I suspect that most of the time the agencies are like, roughly on board with each other. It's american financial regulation too federalistic and too fragmented or not. i don't think there's a huge case for corporate law to be federalized.

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