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More regulation, and in particular a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, could be a very good thing, but we shouldn't rush to regulation without careful consideration of two key questions.

Now that there are signs of recovery, there's a part of me that doesn't want things to get too good too fast. We could use some more time to understand what went wrong with our economy.

Nordstrom has a great reputation for customer service because, among other things, the department store trusts people who bring their purchases back to the store and gives them refunds.

The Church's social doctrine holds that authentically human social relationships of friendship, solidarity and reciprocity can also be conducted within economic activity.

Bernard Madoff will go to jail for many years, and that's good. But the rest of us still have a lot of work to do.