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They make the markets work because if you didn't have this
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there would be all kinds of crooks and bad actors.
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The thing about these organizations is that
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they cost money and they cause nuisances.
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A lot of people in the financial community are annoyed by them
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because these regulations are costly to comply with
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and they take a lot of resources.
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I think the enlightened view is that
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these things are absolutely essential to trust in the market.
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Another form of regulation is accounting regulation.
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For example, we have in the United States
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the Financial Accounting Standards Board