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Tag Archives: Dodd-Frank
Enforce the regulations that we already have
Republicans and Democrats are arguing over how many regulations we should add—or remove—from the financial services industry. Before we think about altering the regulations, we should think about enforcing the ones we currently have. Ever since the sub-prime meltdown erupted … Continue reading
Alan Meltzer’s straw “Keynesian”
Remember when “liberal” became the insult of choice among Republicans? Apparently, “Keynesian” has now taken on that status for Republican economists. Never mind that Keynesian is ill-defined (old Keynesian? new Keynesian? the Keynesian part of the neoclassical synthesis?)–making Keynesian a … Continue reading
John Taylor does not understand the word “unprecedented”
Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, John Taylor argues that “…the best way to understand the problems confronting the American economy is to go back to the basic principles upon which the country was founded—economic freedom and political freedom.” Taylor’s … Continue reading
Posted in financial regulation, government budget
Tagged Angus Maddison, Dodd-Frank, John Taylor
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Alan Greenspan is disappointed in Dodd-Frank
I am devastated. Writing in the Financial Times today, Alan Greenspan, argues that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will have–indeed is already having–unintended consequences. He cites five specific cases. 1) Making credit ratings agencies legally liable … Continue reading
Learning from our mistakes
Let’s hope. Just as there are recurring themes in literature—and flies in the wake of a garbage truck–there a few things that we can reliably count on in the wake of a financial crisis. In the immediate aftermath comes damage … Continue reading
