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Financial Deregulation

Wall Street Re-Deregulation? Already?

Brad Miller | Posted 06.05.2013 | Politics
Read More: Wall Street Reform, Wall Street Regulation, House Financial Services Committee, Dodd-Frank Act, Wall Street, Financial Deregulation, Politics News
Brad Miller

Has public opinion about Wall Street really changed so dramatically so quickly? Public opinion has not shifted, but with the public's attention now diverted, the political calculation has.

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Occupy Wall Street Activist Grills Congressman Over Deregulatory Bill

The Huffington Post | Will Wrigley | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Read More: Alexis Goldstein Twitter, Bank Deregulation, Deregulation Wall Street, HuffPolitics Blog, Alexis Goldstein Jim Himes Twitter, Jim Himes, Alexis Goldstein Jim Himes, Alexis Goldstein, Jim Himes Twitter, Jim Hines Wall Street, Financial Deregulation, Jim Hines Regulatory Bill, Politics News

Prominent Occupy Wall Street activist Alexis Goldstein engaged Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Twitter on Wednesday over the legislator's sponsorship of a...

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Looking Back at 'The Newsroom,' Pondering a Free Market

Andrew Fish | Posted 11.04.2012 | TV
Read More: Alison Pill, U.S. Economy, Tea Party, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, John Gallagher Jr, Citizens United, The Newsroom, Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Koch Brothers, Sam Waterston, Aaron Sorkin, Volcker Rule, Financial Crisis, Glass-Steagall Act, Free Market, Will Mcavoy, Investment Banking, Adina Porter, Jon Tenney, Financial Deregulation, TV News
Andrew Fish

By inserting a fictional cast into the framework of real-world events, Aaron Sorkin has provided both an outspoken opinion on American politics and a starting point for research into any number of financial and political issues facing the country.

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The 'JOBS Act' Is a Fraud on America

Frank A. Weil | Posted 06.05.2012 | Politics
Read More: Veto, Bernard Madoff, American Jobs Act, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, Jobs Bill, Obama, Financial Deregulation, Jobs Act, Republican Jobs Bill, Politics News
Frank A. Weil

How many of those who voted for it knew what was in it? And how many of those who read it connected its provisions to the lessons of the last decade? The answer must be very few.

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Simplify Banks and Bank Regulation

Robert Kuttner | Posted 12.16.2011 | Business
Read More: Volcker Rule, Regulation, Paul Volcker, Glass-Steagal Act, Financial Deregulation, Volcker, Glass-Steagall, Financial Regulation, Business News
Robert Kuttner

Let's face it: There will never be enough regulations and regulators to police all of the gray areas in a system this complicated. The best remedy is drastic simplification.

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Tim Geithner's Gamble

Project Syndicate | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: JP Morgan Chase, James Kwak, Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Dodd-Frank, International Monetary Fund, Financial Derivatives, Too Big to Fail Banks, Too Big to Fail, Ireland, Basel III, Jamie Dimon, U.S. Treasury Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department, 13 Bankers, Iceland, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Swiss National Bank, New York Federal Reserve Bank, Dodd-Frank Bill, Ubs, Switzerland, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, Credit Suisse, Tim Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Mit-Sloan, Imf, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Simon Johnson, Financial Deregulation, Financial Regulation, Financial Reform, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- In a recent interview, United States Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner laid out his view of the nature of world economic growth and the r...

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The Problem Is Not Jon Stewart

David Paul | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Jon Stewart, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Tax Cuts, Glenn Beck, Medicare, Financial Deregulation, Stimulus, Congressional Budget Office, Tea Party, Tarp, Financial Collapse, Politics News
David Paul

Those who suggest that Jon Stewart crossed a line should open their eyes and behold the new world. No one questions whether Glenn Beck is in the business of entertainment. Or politics. Or news.

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'13 Bankers' In 4 Pictures: Why Wall Street Profits Are Out Of Whack

James Kwak | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Too Big to Fail, Financial Sector, Lehman Brothers, Arianna's Reading, Books, 13 Bankers, Gdp, Investment Bankers, Financial Deregulation, Economy, Financial Crisis, Books News
James Kwak

We're not saying that everyone has to agree with everything we say about these pictures. But they make clear what kind of financial system we have today. And they need some kind of explanation.

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Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Auto Industry, Foreclosures, Populism, Ronald Reagan, Larry Summers, Globalization, Economic Bill of Rights, Republic Windows and Doors, Goldman Sachs, Capitalism: A Love Story, General Motors, Dennis Kucinich, General Motors Bankruptcy, Roger & Me, Plutonomy, Financial Deregulation, Deindustrialization, Bill Clinton, Economic Crisis, Flint, Democracy, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Oligarchy, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sicko, Robert Rubin, Glass-Steagall Act, Jimmy Carter, Michael Moore, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Anis Shivani

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

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