Baradaran featured in Consumer Affairs, other media outlets

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Office of Communications and Public Relations

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Baradaran featured in Consumer Affairs, other media outlets

Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Hosch Associate Professor Mehrsa Baradaran was featured in Consumer Affairs and several other news outlets regarding a recent Senate bill introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, which proposes establishing banks in post offices. Baradaran served as an advisor to Gillibrand on the legislation. The article titled "Senate bill would establish banks in every post office to serve low-income consumers" was written by Mark Huffman and published 4/26/18.

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Repository Citation

Office of Communications and Public Relations, "Baradaran featured in Consumer Affairs, other media outlets" (2018). In The News. 1391.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/in_the_news/1391