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The Fed and Investment Banks
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| Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 |
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Including investment bank regulation and backing in the Fed's portfolio would harm the securities market by introducing moral hazard and compromising market discipline.
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Financial Job Flight
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| Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 |
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The Democrats have been very vocal in opposing free trade agreements but have not paid any attention to the drastic flight of financial markets out of the United States.
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Playing Politics with Financial Security
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| Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 |
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are dangerously weak. So why are House Democrats delaying critical regulatory reforms?
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For Financial Regulation, the Era of Big Government Really Is Over
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| Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
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The financial markets are too big to be effectively regulated by government agencies, so regulators should think twice before intervening.
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Let's Declare a Truce in the Culture War
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| Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
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Neither faith nor science can answer the most important questions.
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Treasury's Plan Gone Awry
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| Posted: Friday, May 23, 2008 |
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The Treasury's plan for a new financial regulatory structure deserves considerable praise, but the agency did not close the circle that it opened.
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Judgment Too Important to Be Left to the Accountants
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| Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
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Just because fair-value accounting is favored by accountants does not mean that it is ideal.
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Bear Facts
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| Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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Regulating securities firms the way we regulate banks, and giving them routine access to the Fed's discount window, makes no practical or policy sense.
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Dangerous Dithering
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| Posted: Friday, March 28, 2008 |
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Congress should act soon to protect U.S. taxpayers from the risk of GSE insolvency.
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Grading Bernanke: A Symposium
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| Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
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Amid widespread financial turmoil and talk of recession, five scholars at AEI graded and assessed the Federal Reserve’s recent policy decisions.
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