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economistsview.typepad.com - 6/15/2009
"Making Financial Regulation Work"
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This is something I did for the The Hearing blog at the Washington Post: Making Financial Regulation Work: 50 More Years, by Mark Thoma : Banking regulation imposed in response to the Great Depression and the recurrent panics of the 1800s and early 1900s gave us 50 years of stability in ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/12/2009
The Hearing - Making Financial Regulation Work: 50 More Years
— voices.washingtonpost.com — Regulations that limit both economic and political power and discourage the buildup of excessive risk. Regulators willing... to assertively enforce existing regulation, think outside the ideological box and take an active role in identifying areas where ... (more) The Hearing - Making Financial Regulation Work: 50 More ...

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baselinescenario.com - 6/12/2009
The Financial Regulation Debate in One Post
— baselinescenario.com — Tim Geithner will be testifying before both Senate and House committees next Thursday on the administration’s proposal... for financial regulation. In the meantime, there will be a lot of talk about financial regulation. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) and Washington Post ... (more) The Financial Regulation Debate in One Post

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Senators Skeptical of Plan on Financial Regulation
nytimes.com - 6/18/2009
Senators Skeptical of Plan on Financial Regulation
— nytimes.com — Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner testified before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday.... (more) Senators Skeptical of Plan on Financial Regulation

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Abnormal Returns — ... “It won’t be easy to bring about the needed regulatory change, not with still-too-powerful financial companies lobbying against it, but it’s essential that we do.”  (Economist’s View) ...

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