Credible Resolution: What It Takes to End Too Big to Fail
Author: Rob Johnson Name of Publication: Make Markets Be Markets The market system depends upon the discipline of failure. This is the basis of dynamic evolution of the economy and is essential to...
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Name of Publication: Make Markets Be Markets The financial debacle has caused worldwide pain and helped saddle Americans with an oversized public debt. "And yet," to echo President Franklin D....
View ArticleOut of the Black Hole: Regulatory Reform of the Over-the-Counter Derivatives...
Name of Publication: Make Markets Be Markets A litany of factors, including lending and financial abuses, led to the subprime meltdown and resulting deep recession. But chief among them was the...
View ArticleCredit Rating Agencies & Regulation: Why Less Is More
Name of Publication: Make Markets Be Markets The three large US-based credit rating agencies - Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch - provided excessively optimistic ratings of subprime...
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The Great Recession was not just predictable - it was inevitable. Many agree that the financial system will fail again unless we recommit to core market principles of transparency, competition, and...
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TARP Overseer: Consumer Financial Protection Still Not Enough
Elizabeth Warren calls on Congress to protect families from complex financial products. Warren.jpg DOW Link to site:...
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Soros: US Needs Financial Regulator
George Soros called for a financial regulator independent of the Fed, which has, he says, a "conflict of interest" over consumer rights. Soros.jpg DOW Link to site:...
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Consumer Protection Agency an Urgent Need
Soros calls for new consumer protection agency at Roosevelt Institute conference. Soros et al.jpg ABC Link to site: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9997764 Consumer Protection Agency...
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Forbes: Unleash the Nerds
Make Markets Be Markets gets reviewed by Forbes' Dan Gerstein. Roosevelt 20100303 Final - 006.jpg FOR Link to site: http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/16/financial-reform-roosevelt-institute-banks-opin......
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Bill Does Not Deliver, Says Johnson
nytimes_logo.gif NYT Link to site: http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/congress-pressed-for-reform-bill-de... Rob Johnson JUNE 7, 2010, 1:55 AM Congress Pressed for Reform Bill Deal As...
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