Entries tagged "Obama policies"

Richard Posner on consumer protection

In The New York Times, Judge Richard Posner ponders the the administration's regulatory reform plan asking: Why are we offering structural solutions when we don't fully know what really happened?

Wolf and the perversity of bank shareholders

Criticism continues to rain down on the president's regulatory reform proposals, but only Martin Wolf is bold enough to suggest a return to shareholder liability.

The babble over regulatory reform, cont'd

Treasury's much-mooted financial regulatory reform proposals is the latest Obama policy to be leaked, briefed, previewed in speeches and summarized in op-eds.

So whatever happened to Paul Volcker?

As the details pile up about financial industry regulatory reform, you do have to wonder what happened to Paul Volcker's call to return to the Glass-Steagall's divide.

Case challenges constitutionality of recovery plan

Read the headline and mull it over a bit. Is it about the Troubled Asset Relief Program from today or about the National Recovery Administration from 75 years ago?

Is this the end of real regulatory reform?

Although regulatory reform made sense for many reasons, the Obama administration sadly has given up on it over the expense of political capital.

Poll: Chrysler conspiracy theories

With Chrysler dealers appearing in court, rumors of political partisanship in the process continue to bubble up in the blogosphere.

Regulatory reform leaks begin

Regulatory reform is moving, but in flux, and sources are in full leak mode, which The Wall Street Journal demonstrated Thursday.

Why regulating pay is so difficult

The question on executive pay is not whether the world would be demonstrably better if the financial crowd made less, it's whether the attempt to enforce pay levels would create more problems, rather than less.

Supply chains and regulatory reform

The Wall Street Journal's story about Best Buy's DVD supply offers a lesson on how just-in-time principles can break down not only in retail, but also banking.

A guide to the politics of derivatives regulation

A day after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner issued principles on derivatives regulation, not surprisingly, the reaction in the media remained muted.

Varney finds a patron saint of antitrust

For the devout antitrust faithful, the Department of Justice this week unveiled its new patron saint, Thurman W. Arnold.

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