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Alex Pollock and Howard Adler, former high level officials at the Treasury Department during the Trump administration, talked about the market bubble created by the U.S. government’s respons…

R Street Institute’s Alex Pollock discussed proposed changes to the housing financing system by the Trump administration, including an overhaul of mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Fred…

Mark Rose talked about the politics that have shaped the U.S. banking industry since the 1970s.

Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló (New Progressive) testified before the House Natural Resources Committee on legislation aimed at stabilizing the island’s economy and boosting its eff…

American Enterprise Institute’s Peter Wallison argued that the judiciary is partially responsible for the administrative arm of the executive branch taking over the legislative role of Congr…

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to consider legislation to protect mortgage borrowers and to reduce risks in the housing market. The ten witnesses included mortgage len…

The American Enterprise Institute hosted a day-long conference looking back at the 2008 financial crisis. This portion included a panel discussion with economic scholars on the various cause…

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade held a hearing to consider the uses, benefits and security of virtual currencies. Witnesses answered questions about th…

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) hosted a panel discussion with economic scholars and banking sector experts on monetary policy issues. Speakers analyzed the impact of past Federal Re…

Panelists talked about how efforts to reduce the U.S. trade deficit could affect foreign partners and the global economy. Although one of President Trump’s major campaign goals was decreasin…

Hal Scott talked about his book Connectedness and Contagion: Protecting the Financial System from Panics, in which he takes a critical look at the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 and argues that it d…

Economists and economic observers were among the panelists at a discussion on the evolution of policies at the Federal Reserve since its 1913 founding. They discussed the intersection of mon…

To mark the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law, a panel of financial experts spoke about the impact of the legislation and discussed the different provisions of th…

Marking the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law, House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) talked about how the law hinders economic opportunit…

Panelists talked about the debt crises in Greece and Puerto Rico and the effects they could have on the eurozone and the U.S. economies. Though the countries face similar economic challenges…

Representatives from the Mortgage Bankers Association and National Mortgage news talked the housing market, government financing, and the role of the federal reserve.

William Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education, talked about his book, Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken …

Peter 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…

Thomas Stanton, former staff member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, talked about his book, Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail: Governance and Management Lessons from the Cri…

James Hagerty of the Wall Street Journal talked about his book, The Fateful History of Fannie Mae: New Deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis Fall, in which he examined the 1938 creation and 70 year …