I believe this is the entire quote: "The new electronic marketplace has several structural inefficiencies. These are what have permitted HFT to become a destructive force in the market, rather than a passive liquidity providing mechanism. This should not be construed to say that all HFT is bad, but there are 2 important points to make – the structural inefficiencies present in the market have created a massive misallocation of resources into technology that provides no social benefit, and structural deficiencies in market structure have allowed for nefarious or accidental actions to disrupt the market". I agree there are some contextual problems with the citation in the article. Retrieved from http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearin...