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Mark Calabria, Federal Housing Finance Agency director during the Trump administration, talked about financial regulation and bank bailouts during the 2023 Steamboat Institute Freedom Confer…

National Consumers League CEO Sally Greenberg and business and law professors discussed mandatory hidden fees and transparent pricing before a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation su…

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan talks about administrative law and regulatory transparency at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyer Convention in Washington, DC.

The Senate Banking Committee heard testimony from financial policy professionals and industry stakeholders on the use of new consumer financial products and predatory banking practices, and …

Lawmakers on a House Financial Services subcommittee debated whether the government should intervene to curb the use of overdraft fees by banks. Democrats on the panel argued the fees advers…

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to examine the impacts a cashless economy can have on low income and disadvantaged communities. A pan…

Witnesses testified about the automobile industry bailout and an agreement between General Motors, Delphi, and workers unions over pensions. They were questioned pointedly about their refusa…

Witnesses testified about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB), which was created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations law. Elizabeth Warren was accused by House Republica…

Witnesses testified on the condition of small business and commercial real estate lending in local markets. The Obama Administration proposed transferring $30 billion dollars from the Troubl…

Joan Goldwasser, senior reporter for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, talked about the new credit card rules which go into effect in February 2010. She talked about what that means for…

Panelists assessed college endowments and discussed the need for and implications of possible reform. In the first panel Miller, Frey, and Vedder reviewed the role that college endowments…

Panelists talked about legal, economic, and policy issues involved in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Watters v. Wachovia Bank. At issue was the scope of the National Bank Act and federal fin…

Participants at this American Enterprise Institute event talked about the judicial nominating and confirmation process in the Senate, President Bush’s likely judicial nominations in his seco…

Witnesses testified about implementation of the 1963 Presidential Transition Act in light of on-going contests to the election results in Florida. Among the issues they addressed were levels…