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Despite the blather, Glass-Steagall's origins are not as clear as you would think; its record is more ambiguous than the myth claims, and its lessons are more complex. Continue reading
Posted on August 24, 2012 4:27 PM
The op-ed in the NYT is coherent; it's just not compelling. Harrison doesn't lay out substantive arguments, offer evidence or wrestle with the most serious charges against the big banks; he dismisses them as if they were some simplistic whining of a bunch of cranks. Continue reading
Posted on August 23, 2012 1:12 PM
John Kay has just released a 'Review' of the U.K. equity markets and long-term decision-making, which anyone wanting to learn about how finance really works in our benighted age should read even if they reject his recommendations. Continue reading
Posted on August 1, 2012 2:00 PM
If Sandy Weill was so wrong about the merits of combining investment and commercial banks, why is he so insightful now that he's changed his mind? Continue reading
Posted on July 26, 2012 2:38 PM
Do we want big banks to be essentially utilities, tightly regulated so that it's (almost) impossible for them to get into serious trouble, and small enough if they do that they can't cause harm? Continue reading
Posted on July 10, 2012 2:13 PM
In the Financial Times, University of Chicago Booth School of Business professor Luigi Zingales confesses that he has changed his mind about Glass-Steagall. Here's why he shouldn't have. Continue reading
Posted on June 12, 2012 1:09 PM
Henry Kaufman, Dr. Gloom from a distant age when Salomon Brothers was still King of Wall Street, penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal declaring that, sooner or later, the era of monstrous, too-big-to-fail banks will end. Continue reading
Posted on June 7, 2012 11:10 AM
In Tuesday's New York Times, Joe Nocera follows up on some recent commentary from former Bank of America Merrill Lynch executive Sallie Krawcheck about the dangers of financial complexity. Continue reading
Posted on May 29, 2012 11:33 AM
Two NYT columns offered some pushback to Democratic talking points. Andrew Ross Sorkin took aim at the deep belief that the repeal of Glass-Steagall was somehow key to the financial crisis. And David Brooks offered a different interpretation of the historical facts that led to the rise of the LBO as a staple of American capitalism. Continue reading
Posted on May 22, 2012 12:07 PM
In his new book, UCLA law professor and popular blogger Stephen Bainbridge provides a longer historical perspective on one aspect of the choking proliferation of rulemaking. Continue reading
Posted on February 21, 2012 1:24 PM
In his new book, UCLA law professor and popular blogger Stephen Bainbridge provides a longer historical perspective on one aspect of the choking proliferation of rulemaking. Continue reading
Posted on February 21, 2012 1:13 PM
We wish for simple answers, but there are none as long as we want all the good things finance showers upon us, and none of the bad. Continue reading
Posted on February 13, 2012 1:15 PM
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