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“Financial Reform”: Partisan Politics and Lobbyist Study Buddies

“Financial Reform”: Partisan Politics and Lobbyist Study Buddies

Last Thursday, the US Senate passed S.3217, a financial reform bill supposed to reign in Wall Street and prevent a repeat of the recession in whose midst we still suffer.  At least its title, “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of ...Read more

Fiancial Reform and Its Real Starting Point: Looking in the Mirror

Fiancial Reform and Its Real Starting Point: Looking in the Mirror

Last Thursday’s newspapers were full of news.  Above the Wall Street Journal’s crease, for example, readers learned about violence in Greece, where three people were killed in a firebomb attack during a national strike that was ...Read more

Financial Reform in America: What Do the SEC’s Two Stories Really Mean?

Financial Reform in America: What Do the SEC’s Two Stories Really Mean?

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made two important announcements last Friday.  The first continues to make headline news across the country.  It informed the public that the SEC is charging Goldman Sachs with defrauding several customers, and doing so ...Read more


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