Wall Street Regulation

The Post-Madoff, Post-TARP Future of Financial Regulation

Jay Mandle | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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Jay Mandle

In this age of deregulation, it's been unfashionable to regulate even such things as power plants like public utilities, let alone financial markets. But it's time for that sort of regulation to come back into style.

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The Confidence Garden

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Ponzi Scheme, Confidence Games, Wall Street Regulation, Bernie Madoff, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

It's now common knowledge that the SEC was informed about Bernie Madoff's miscreancies several years ago, but engineered a neat solution to let him of...

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The Second Debate Revealed a Fatal Flaw in McCain's Candidacy

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

It's easy to take a position in a campaign. But the promises are empty if the candidate has a record opposing those very positions.

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A Bailout May Help the Economy, But Does that Mean It's the Right Thing to Do?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

While we know that the immediate good could be served by the government putting up $700 billion to undo the damage done by Wall Street greed, is such an action really in our long-term national interests?

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Why I Won't Shed Tears For Wall Street

Robert Reed | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

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Robert Reed

How many companies have been damaged in the name of maximizing shareholder value? How many unnecessary mergers, spin-offs and other dumb deals were spawned just to give the stock a jolt? How many jobs and benefits were cut because Wall Street said that was an easy path to operating "efficiencies" and greater short-term returns?

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It's Time To Re-regulate Business

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Regulatory Reform, Deregulation, U.S. Economy, Regulation, Wall Street Regulation, Auction Rate Securities, Business News
Hale

As the credit crunch plays out, one central theme is becoming very obvious: deregulation has gone way too far.

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What All These Cries For "More Regulation!" Actually Mean

Henry Blodget | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

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Henry Blodget

Our regulatory systems and enforcement can always be improved. But let's be honest about what's really going on here.

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Paulson's Financial Markets Reform Will Do Little For Current Crisis

McClatchy Newspapers | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 03.30.2008 | Business

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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson makes public on Monday a new blueprint for regulation of the turbulent financial markets, one that has plenty to do w...

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Bush Administration To Unveil Broadest Overhaul Of Wall Street Regulation Since Great Depression

New York Times | By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and FLOYD NORRIS | Posted 03.29.2008 | Business

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The Bush administration is proposing the broadest overhaul of Wall Street regulation since the Great Depression. But the plan, to be unveiled on Monda...

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Obama Calls Wall Street Plan "Inadequate"

Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama described the Bush administration's sweeping changes to financial market regulation as "inadequate" on Saturday. While noting that ...

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Congress And Bush Administration At Odds Over Regulating Wall Street

New York Times | By EDMUND L. ANDREWS and STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 03.22.2008 | Business

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As Congress and the Bush administration struggle to contain the housing and credit crises -- and prevent more Wall Street firms from collapsing as Bea...

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