The Massachusetts senator accused Robert Litan of failing to fully disclose industry funding for a study criticizing a government plan to regulate brokeragesThe Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has prompted the resignation of a tall-profile Brookings Institution fellow after accusing him of failing to fully disclose industry funding tied to a study that criticized the US Labor Department’s plan to regulate brokerages.
Tuesdays resignation of Robert Litan came just one day after Warren,a Democrat, sent Brookings’ president a letter demanding to know more approximately the thinktank’s policies on financial conflicts and details approximately the communications between Litan and Capital Group, and an investment firm that funded his research paper.
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Source: theguardian.com