Financial Regulation

The Republican Retreat From Market-Based Regulation

By Mark Thoma

During the debate over the repeal of Obamacare, Republicans made frequent reference to their desire for a “free market” for health care. This is consistent with the GOP’s long-standing support of...
Who’s Watching Wall Street? The Feds Turn a Blind Eye to Goldman’s Game

By David Dayen

Why are House Republicans working so hard to repeal Wall Street reform when regulators have shown so much willingness to neglect tougher laws?
You Get What You Pay For: Banks Spent Billions on Lobbying During the Election

By Pete Schroeder, Reuters

Banks and other financial companies expecting big benefits from Republican-led deregulation spent record amounts on lobbying in the last election cycle, according to an advocacy group report released...
The One Way Trump’s Administration Really Is a Fine-Tuned Machine

By David Dayen

The government-by-mood-ring fluctuations of the Trump presidency have corrected the myth that politicians conjure up devious plans to manipulate the public years in advance. It’s beyond clear that...
Trump the Populist Is Trying to Hobble a Champion of the Little Guy

By Ciro Scotti

After being bested by Hillary Clinton in a primary contest that saw the deck stacked against him by the Clinton Machine, Bernie is back in the Senate doing what he has always done for the past 30-odd...

Overhauling Dodd-Frank May Not Succeed, but Also May Not Matter

By Liz Peek

Nancy Pelosi says President Trump’s call to reshape Dodd-Frank is a “massive con” and that he is putting #WallStreetFirst. Sadly, she has set the tone for Congressional Democrats, siding with...
Populist on the Trail, Trump Pivots Toward the Banking Industry

By Rob Garver

After a campaign spent railing against his opponent’s connections to Wall Street banks and promising to stand up for ordinary Americans against the moneyed interests holding them back, President...
In the Trump Administration, Credibility May be a Problem

By Mark Thoma

As a department chair at a university, you learn that a promise from the Dean or anyone else in the administration is good for about five years. That’s approximately how long Deans last, on average,...
Here’s Who Wins With Trump’s Order to Slash Regulations

By Rob Garver

Trump on Monday morning signed an executive order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs. The order is unquestionably a gift to the business community, which constantly complains of...
How the GOP Could Wipe Out Federal Regulations in One Easy Step

By Rob Garver

A new interpretation of an old law may allow Republicans to wipe out decades of federal regulations. Congressional Republicans have been eager to dismantle many of former president Barack Obama’s...

'Too Big to Jail': HSBC's Fine Didn’t Fit the Crime

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

When is a record fine not all that impressive in the grand scheme of things? When it’s the $1.9 billion in penalties levied on HSBC by U.S. authorities for money laundering and violating sanctions...
Outrageous Cost to Taxpayers of Government Loans

By Knowledge Wharton, Knowledge@Wharton

While all eyes are on the U.S. government's enormous debt, few have focused on the massive costs and risks embedded in another of the government's financial functions: its role as lender rather than...
Will Elizabeth Warren Go to War Against Big Banks?

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

Right about now, Republicans in Congress may be wishing that they had let President Barack Obama appoint Elizabeth Warren as the first head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the...
Black Swan Stocks Could Make Your Portfolio a Turkey

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

A day before Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) announced an astonishing $8.8 billion writedown associated with its acquisition of Autonomy, the governance analysts at GMI Ratings released their first “Black Swan...
What Americans Don’t Know about Financial Fees

By Jennifer Johnson, The Fiscal Times

When it comes to hiring a financial adviser, many people have no idea what types of fees they’re being charged or how their adviser gets paid.

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