Posts Tagged ‘ federal financial regulators ’

dodd-frank: “i’ll have the meatless entrée, please”

The administration and lawmakers are busy congratulating themselves on the “historic” Dodd-Frank legislation, the “toughest financial reform” since the Great Depression.  Sure . . . if historic is synonymous with long, costly, needlessly complex, and likely to have little impact on systemic risk, moral hazard, or the financial market opacity that exacerbated the financial...

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taking regulation seriously

There are signs that more people are starting to understand what it takes to build good regulation. We have to start taking the profession of regulation, and professional regulators, seriously. For thoughtful commentary, see James Surowiecki’s column in the current issue of the New Yorker. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook...

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the next act: after congress passes the financial reform package

The rulemaking process that will follow President Obama's signature to the financial reform legislation in early July will be a complex, expensive and important one. This is where many critical details will get hammered out, and financial institutions are well positioned to influence this process, whereas consumers and the media are not. ...

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