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Neither a borrower nor a lender

by Need to Know on PBS August 19, 2011January 17, 2022

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Neither a borrower nor a lender

by Need to Know on PBS, Center for Public Integrity
August 19, 2011

					<h1>Neither a borrower nor a lender</h1>
<p class="byline">by Need to Know on PBS, Center for Public Integrity <br />August 19, 2011</p>
					
<p>Can an agency protect consumers from making bad decisions about their finances? <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Need to Know on PBS</a> meets one military family whose situation seems tailor-made for the mission of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.</p>
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