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Cato Video • January 4, 2012 

# How Regulation Helped Cause the Housing Crisis 

Former BB&T Chairman and CEO John A. Allison discusses how mandates like Sarbanes Oxley and the Patriot Act helped cause the housing meltdown and financial crisis. He spoke at the Cato Institute's 29th Annual Monetary Conference held November 16th, 2011. 

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##### [John A. Allison](/people/john-allison)

Former President and CEO; Chair, Executive Advisory Council, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute