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• What Changes Are Needed in the U.S. Financial System?

  This is a "pseudo-interview" with William Dudley, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, based upon a lightly edited version of a speech he gave recently in Australia entitled "The U.S. Financial System: Where We Have Been, Where We Are and Where We Need to Go." Before we start...

  Blog posts | Feb 8, 2010

• State of the Union: How Well Has Obama Handled the Economy?

  On the eve of President Obama's first State of the Union address, we asked a number of top economists and commentators to assess his administration's stewardship of the economy. Here are the grades they gave him and their reasons. by Suzanne McGee

  Articles | Jan 26, 2010

• Be Your Own Financial Regulator

  With Washington bogged down in debates about how best to protect consumers from the dangers of the financial markets, here's an idea: be your own financial regulator. You know enough to do this. by Charlie Farrell

  Blog posts | Jan 26, 2010

• Scott Brown Massachusetts Victory Sends Wrong Signal To WH

  The results of the MA special election are in and it seems that everyone has an opinion as to why Scott Brown beat Martha Coakley for the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held for decades. Let's agree that there were lots of contributing factors that allowed Brown to prevail, though my favorite is the...

  Blog posts | Jan 20, 2010

• Why Credit Card Regulation Is Broken

  Until recently, regulators routinely looked the other way as credit card issuers ensnared unwitting consumers with huge finance charges and penalties. So how did credit card regulation become so broken? Here's a brief history of the slippery practices of the industry. How Cards Got...

  Articles | Apr 15, 2009

• Who Should Protect Consumers?

  Remember "states' rights?" Back when the federal government was a strong regulator of consumer products and services, including banks, airlines, brokerages, cable TV and drugs, pro-business factions screamed bloody murder. According to them, federal regulation usurped states' rights to enforce...

  Blog posts | Oct 1, 2009

• Why We Need Plans To Break Up Too-Big-to-Fail Banks

  Editor's Note: Economist Mark Thoma is guest-blogging for The Macro View this week. There are several proposals for financial reform with the House, Senate, and White House, each with different ideas about what needs to be changed to make the financial system more stable. However, one element...

  Blog posts | Sep 22, 2009

• Geithner's Phone Log and Reg Reform

  Why is everyone surprised to learn that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's speed dial is filled with Wall Street CEOs? Even before the financial crisis, when he was running the New York Fed, Geithner was delighted to act as the nerdy wanna-be for the exclusive power club, garnering invitations...

  Blog posts | Oct 9, 2009

• Financial Reform: How We Should Choose the Regulators

  Editor's Note: Economist Mark Thoma is guest-blogging for The Macro View this week. With all the talk of financial reform lately, one area I don't think is receiving enough attention is how the regulators who will oversee the financial system will be chosen. I will use the Federal Reserve as...

  Blog posts | Sep 23, 2009

• Why The Fed Should Oversee the Entire Financial System

  Editor's Note: Economist Mark Thoma is guest-blogging for the Macro View this week. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, head of the Senate Banking Committee, is now preparing legislation to reform the financial system by creating a single regulator to oversee the financial system. Since...

  Blog posts | Sep 21, 2009

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