We got back every dime we used to rescue the financial system, but we also passed a historic law to end taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailouts for good.

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And many things the government does, like maintaining the rule of law, building the roads, and stabilizing the financial system from time to time are necessary to the success of the economy.

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Banking scholars also argue that Islamic law blocked indigenous financial modernization in Muslim countries because of an inheritance system that restrained capital accumulation, inhibitions on pooling resources that discouraged investment diversification, and a traditional aversion to the concept of legal personhood for corporations, which hampered the development of financial entities.

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On Tuesday, in the first use of the 2001 Patriot Act against a virtual currency, the Treasury Department invoked a section of the law to choke off Liberty Reserve from the U.S. financial system.

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Its attention to the rule of law and good business practices created a largely corruption-free environment and a financial system among the region's soundest and best-regulated.

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David Bernd, chief executive of Sentara Health System in Virginia, believes the health law will offer a long-term financial gain by vastly expanding health coverage.

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