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Systemic Risk Regulator

DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

Placing Our Faith in Economic Oracles

Tony Blankley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Tony Blankley

In the end, the call for a systemic-risk regulator is yet another futile expression of faith in the power of government to out-think the markets. It is just another foolish bet.

Shahien Nasiripour

RT @huffbusiness New "Too Big To Fail" Bill Gives Feds Power To Undo Dangerous Derivatives Contracts

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The "Too Big To Fail" legislation currently being debated by a House committee has been widely criticized as toothless. But one provision gives the fe...

Shahien Nasiripour

House Panel May Keep Public In The Dark About Emerging Threats To Financial System

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Members of Congress and the general public may not be told of "potential emerging threats to the stability of the financial system," thanks to a Thurs...

Shahien Nasiripour

Systemic Risk Panel Would Lack Independence; Treasury Secretary Would Call The Shots

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

If the White House and congressional leaders get their way, the vaunted new oversight council charged with overseeing systemic risk in the financial m...

Wall Street Reform: Regulators and Lawmakers Prepare for Turf War

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Jill Schlesinger

Rather than work together to improve the system, regulatory reform could become a classic political turf war. The problem is that once someone has the ball, he's reluctant to give it up.

Stop the Financial Services "Super Czar" (Updated)

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Don McNay

There has been talk about appointing a new "Systemic Risk Regulator." This "Super Czar" would oversee all of the financial services industry. We had a "Super Czar" last year. His name was Henry Paulson.