Entries tagged "regulatory capture"

Big names, plus Munchau, on regulatory reform

Sandy Weill and Wall Street analyst Judah Kraushaar tackle financial reform in a Wall Street Journal column that reads like it was cobbled together over lunch at the Four Seasons.

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 Times revives competitiveness debate

There are two broad realities that will erode the efficacy of any financial regulatory reform over time, no matter how well designed.

Paying the price of fragmented regulation

The Fed e-mails leaked to the press ahead of Ken Lewis' Congressional testimony sheds some light on the financial regulatory turf wars.

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.

How should we think about bank lobbying?

As the regulatory reform process chugs to life, how should we think about the lobbying process?

What's missing in the bank regulatory debate

Breakingviews in the New York Times Wednesday mulls over the debate surrounding a single versus multiple bank regulators, but doesn't address regulatory capture.

Why green shoots are bad for financial regulation

This isn't the Great Depression. This isn't 1932. True, it's still early -- Treasury has just begun sending proposals up Pennsylvania Avenue -- and we could take another sickening descent into chaos, but all the evidence of incremental reform are there.

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.

Poole's market solution for bank regulation

Cato Institute senior fellow William Poole presents a market mechanism for dealing with the problem of banks that are too big to fail. Is it realistic?

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.

Obama, Congress and regulatory reform

With stress tests completed, the administration finally seems to be edging into regulatory reform mode.

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