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The Opaque Hand: Making Social (and perhaps Environmental) Change through Capital Markets

Vermont Law

Summary: In 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Deep in this bulwark of financial regulatory overhaul, Congress passed a provision aimed to achieve a purely social good by requiring manufacturers to disclose their supply chains for minerals believed to fund the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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