The Unlikely Reformer
Matthew Fink talked about the political career of former Senator and Treasury Secretary Carter Glass (D-VA), co-sponsor of the 1933 Banking Act, also known as the Glass-Steagall Act.
714 viewsMatthew Fink talked about the political career of former Senator and Treasury Secretary Carter Glass (D-VA), co-sponsor of the 1933 Banking Act, also known as the Glass-Steagall Act.
714 viewsThe Federalist Society held their annual National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C. This portion of the event included a panel discussion with law professors and financial policy expert…
264 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) mass collection of consumer data related to private financial transactions. Topics of discussion include…
861 viewsJay Richards talked about his book, Infiltrated, which proposes that Washington insiders and activists laid the foundation for the 2008 economic crisis and how these individuals continue to …
234 viewsPeter Wallison talked about his book, Bad History, Worse Policy: How a False Narrative about the Financial Crisis Led to the Dodd-Frank Act, in which he takes a critical look at the Dodd-Fra…
1,470 viewsParticipants spoke about new technologies that facilitate convenient and secure electronic payments across a wide range of platforms. They focused on reforms to current legislative and regul…
408 viewsWayne Abernathy of the American Bankers Association (ABA) talked about the financial institutions' perspective to the government plan to purchase stakes in some of the top banks in the Unite…
168 viewsParticipants talked from the perspective of the industry about the use of the Internet in identity theft and consumer fraud cases. Among the topics they addressed were privacy concerns, bank…
97 viewsWitnesses testified about government and industry efforts to protect the country’s financial infrastructure in case of blackouts, hurricanes, or other disasters. They talked about the respon…
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