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Kristol, Kalecki, and a 19th Century Economist Defending Patriarchy all on Political Macroeconomics.
Gold! McKinley, campaigning on a Gold Standard. (Source.) Amateur political ideology speculating and ranting time. Paul Krugman has been wondering about monetary morality lately, and more generally what is causing conservatives, Republicans and indifferent elites to believe Dark Age things about … Continue reading
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Regulation Week: Consumer Protection
Sigh. So much for a Justice League of financial regulators. It looks far more like the Articles Of Confederation. Felix Salmon has the scoop: ” FOSC = NBS + FDIC + NCUA + SEC + CFTC + FHFA + FOMC … Continue reading
Atlantic Business and the Shadow Banks
So Mark Thoma wrote a piece saying “The development of the shadow banking system is important because the troubles we are seeing today are not the result of problems in the traditional, regulated sector of the financial industry. The problems … Continue reading
Regulation Week: What causes a crisis?
Two comments I want to follow up on from last week’s DIY Stress Test fun. One is from qrst over at seekingalpha: [Me:] “If BoA needs another $75bn, that will have to come from the government.” Do you have evidence … Continue reading
Regulation Week: Is Regulation Good for Investors?
So this week we see the new financial regulation dropping, so I’ll be dedicating the next couple of blog posts to that very subject. We are going to do some heavy lifting together, so let’s start out with a warm-up … Continue reading
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Multiple Regulatory Agencies
Late to this. In light of depressing evidence that it probably won’t happen under Obama, Tyler Cowen makes a case against consolidating multiple financial regulatory bodies: 1. Getting current regulators to do a better job may be a better goal. … Continue reading
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