Regulation

A Lehman Anniversary Diavlog | Foreign Policy

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:24:00 -0400

Why Goldman Always Wins

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:36:00 -0400

In the summer of 2000, David Poor, a direct descendant of a founder of Standard & Poor's, flew me to his family's Nantucket home on a private jet.

Workers And Managers Of The World, Unite!

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:02:00 -0400

Making The Case For Co-ops

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:52:00 -0400

Why are Republicans rushing to oppose co-ops? In the New York Times, Robert Pear and Gardiner Harris describe the vagueness of the various co-op proposal floating around the moment before ending on a discouraging note.

"Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, said he saw the differences as more semantic than substantive. "You can call it a co-op, which is another way of saying a government plan," Mr. Hatch said."

Go North, Young Man

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:11:00 -0400

To understand America's economic future, it helps to look at some of our largest trading partners. Will we move towards a smaller state, a more egalitarian economy or both?

Local Savings and Loans Had OTS as Regulator | Contra Costa Times

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:58:00 -0400

Ellen Seidman, who served as the head of OTS from 1997-2001, says it's time to consider if OTS should be eliminated, although she declined to comment on the ...

The Case for Goliath

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:33:00 -0400

On June 3, 2003, the Treasury Department’s James Gilleran brought a chainsaw to a photo-op. While speaking to reporters, he promised to cut up piles of paper representing regulations of the financial sector. Joining him were representatives of four other U.S. regulatory agencies in charge of overseeing finance, armed with less formidable (but still sharp) gardening shears. The message was clear: The Bush Administration was tearing down the final pieces of the New Deal regulatory wall.

Banking "Broken," Consumers Need Help: Watchdog | Boston Globe

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:14:00 -0400

Ellen Seidman, a former bank regulator who is now a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, a think tank, expressed support for the new agency in her prepared remarks for the committee. But she said bank regulators should retain consumer ...

New directions, New Federal Agencies | Federal News Radio

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:04:00 -0400

The president has proposed setting up a consumer financial protection agency to protect you from bad lending practices. But how will this change the federal landscape? Melissa Koide is Deputy Director of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation. She joins us with her take on what this new agency would do. Link to audio

President Obama Wants New Rules for Wall Street | KCRW

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:51:00 -0400