Volker Rule

Both Sides Now: Spitzer-Matalin on Chase Chastened & Bain Targeted

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.20.2012

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Eliot & Mary debate how a bad bet in London -- shades of AIG! -- produced "told you sos" from those wanting a strong Volcker Rule. Is Regulation still evil? Then: the two debate opening partisan attacks on Bain and Debt.

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Too Big to Care

Leslie Hendry | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: donorschoose.org, Jaime Dimon, Volker-Rule, J.P. Morgan Chase, Megabanks, JP Morgan, CEO Pay, Money News

No one wants to repeat another bailout, and politically speaking, it's hard to imagine one getting passed again within the next fifty years. But when financial leaders allow huge bets to be placed on unnatural, or synthetic securities, they simply haven't learned the lessons of the past crisis.

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Jamie Dimon Volker Rule

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Volker Rule, Jamie Dimon, Paul Volcker, Political Cartoons, Politics News

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Michael Lewis: The Volcker Rule Should Push Even Harder

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.03.2012

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The Volker rule should push even harder to curb banks' bets with their own money than it would do as presently constructed, according to Michael Lewis...

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Bravo JP Morgan! Just What We Need, Another Wall Street Casino

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volker Rule, Fdic, Politics, JPMorgan Chase, President Obama, Derivatives, Oil, Financial Crisis, Tarp, Wamu, Wall Street Journal, Financial Regulation, Business News

Hardly deterred by the events of 2008, JP Morgan has been assiduously buying commodities trading assets spending more than $2 billion sopping up the trading operations of other firms.

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A Misguided Deficit Commission

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama Administration's Deficit Commission is at best errant in its mission and at worst a bait-and-switch ploy being run on the American people.

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Sen. Feingold & Cantwell: Stay Principled and Vote Against Weak Financial Reform Bill -- But Don't Let Republicans Filibuster

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, Russ Feingold, Volker-Rule, Fillibuster, Conference Committee, Financial Meltdown, Ratings Agencies, Maria Cantwell, Financial Reform, Derivatives Reform, Too Big to Fail, Financial Crisis, Executive Compensation, Politics News

The Democrats' financial reform bill is weak tea that doesn't fix the problem of too big to fail megabanks or prevent the next cycle of boom, bust and bailout.

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Restricting Bank Funding for Hedge Funds: Paul Volcker Does Not Go Far Enough

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

While Alan Greenspan has been busy denying any blame or foresight into the financial crisis, Paul Volcker has been working to dissociate the speculative risks of hedge funds from banking. But "The Volcker Rule," does not go far enough.

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Why the Fight for Financial Reform Needs to Get Much More Personal

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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When it comes to the fight over financial reform, Democrats are making the same mistake they did with health care: failing to put the effect reform would have on the lives of real Americans front and center.

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Finally, the Republicans Come Out to Fight: Where Is the President?

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volker-Rule, Paul Volker, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Merkley-Levin Amendment, Business News

Paul Volcker made his determination long ago: the big banks are too big and must be broken up. The Republicans have made their answer clear: No way. Time for Obama to make the call.

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Disastrous Performance by Treasury on Capitol Hill

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The campaign to convince people that Treasury is serious about banking reform -- led sometimes by President Obama -- suffered a major blow today on Capitol Hill.

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