Financial Regulation

• NY Times Columnist: Glass-Steagall Wouldn't Have Prevented the JPMorgan Loss or the Financial Crisis, Matt Welch, May 22, 2012
• Senator Bernie Sanders Says Big Banks Regulate What Congress Does, Except for Dodd-Frank, Apparently, Ed Krayewski, May 17, 2012
• Did Too Big To Fail Help Make JPMorgan’s $2 Billion Loss Possible?, Peter Suderman, May 16, 2012
• Why JPMorgan Chase's $2 Billion Blown Deal Doesn't Prove the Case for More Financial Regulation, Peter Suderman, May 14, 2012
• Tom Easton on Dodd-Frank: "A Terrible Law", Anthony L. Fisher, May 12, 2012
• You Can't Buy a Coke With Your Debit Card Anymore: Yet More Unintended Consequences of Fee Regulation, Katherine Mangu-Ward, May 11, 2012
• Isn’t America Already Financially Repressed?, Tim Cavanaugh, April 26, 2012
• Banks Try To Seem Cool By Acting More Like Payday Lenders, Katherine Mangu-Ward, April 26, 2012
• The Long, Slow Death of Free Checking, Katherine Mangu-Ward, March 1, 2012
• Elizabeth Warren Earns $429,000, Worth Millions but Not Part of 1 Percent, Nick Gillespie, January 30, 2012
• Matt Welch Discusses the Buffett Rule and His Favorite Beatles Songs on Varney & Co., Joshua Swain, January 26, 2012
• Economic Green Shoots; Punk Rock Raid; Syria at War, and Stingy States: Reason Evening Links, Tim Cavanaugh, December 15, 2011
• Corzine Live! Follow Along With House Testimony, Tim Cavanaugh, December 15, 2011
• Should Voters Have More Say in the Regulatory Processes That Drastically Affect Their Lives?, Seth McKelvey, December 2, 2011
• Barry Ritholtz Responds, Tim Cavanaugh, November 11, 2011
• Fifth Greatest Libertarian: Government Blameless in Bubble/Bust/Bailouts, Tim Cavanaugh, November 10, 2011
• Rajaratnam and the "No One Has Gone to Prison" Myth, Tim Cavanaugh, October 14, 2011
• You Can't Call It An Unintended Consequence If You Knew It Was Going to Happen, Peter Suderman, September 30, 2011
• California Democrats Also Run Out of Their Own Money, Tim Cavanaugh, September 27, 2011
• When Costs Considered, Support for Government Caps on ‘Swipe Fees’ Wane, Emily Ekins, July 6, 2011
• Barney Frank Still Believes in Dodd-Frank, Peter Suderman, June 7, 2011
• Bye-Bye, Wall Street, Matt Welch, May 27, 2011
• A Knowledge Problem with Insider Trading Law, Brian Doherty, May 13, 2011
• Customs Can't Catch Cash, Jacob Sullum, March 11, 2011
• New York Times to Financial Regulator: How Do You Do it?, Matt Welch, February 11, 2011
• Reason Writers on TV: Matt Welch Discusses President Obama's New Regulatory Re-Think on Varney & Co., January 18, 2011
• Reason.tv: Richard Epstein on Barack Obama, his former Chicago Law Colleague, November 22, 2010
• Reason.tv: In Defense of Payday Lending, Jim Epstein & Nick Gillespie, November 10, 2010
• Why Is Ron Paul Supporting Spendthrift Bachus for Committee Chair?, Tim Cavanaugh, November 7, 2010
• There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Checking Account, Katherine Mangu-Ward, October 20, 2010
• Reason.tv: Hollywood Hates Capitalism - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Edition, September 24, 2010
• He's All Outta Loeb, Matt Welch, August 31, 2010
• All’s Fair In Love and War Credit Card Regulation, Peter Suderman, August 23, 2010
• Europe’s Banker Bonus Limits Probably Won’t Actually Limit Banker Pay, Peter Suderman, August 19, 2010
• Massive Taxpayer Liability or Somewhat More Expensive Mortgages For Everyone? Hmm, I’ll Have to Think About That..., Peter Suderman, August 18, 2010
• It’s Never the Right Time to Reform Fannie and Freddie, Peter Suderman, August 16, 2010
• Can We Wake Up From the Fannie/Freddie Nightmare?, Matt Welch, August 12, 2010
• Credit Rating Agencies: Can’t Live With ’Em, Can’t Live Without ’Em, Peter Suderman, August 11, 2010
• Paul Volcker: “It's clear Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to go.”, Damon W. Root, July 30, 2010
• Pre-IPO Investing: Not For You, Little Guy. Don't Worry Your Confused Little Head About It, Brian Doherty, July 29, 2010
• Why No One Is Trying to Kill Fannie and Freddie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, July 26, 2010
• “The center of the financial world has moved from Wall Street to...the Treasury Department.”, Peter Suderman, July 26, 2010
• Obama’s Financial Overhaul Is Certainly Uncertain, Peter Suderman, July 21, 2010
• How Are Movies Like Onions?, Jacob Sullum, July 19, 2010
• On Financial Reform, Reasonable Republican Centrists Aren't Quite Sure Where the Reasonable Center Is, Peter Suderman, June 29, 2010
• Supreme Court Sarbanes-Oxley Decision: You Can't Keep An Executive Branch Board Two Layers from the President, Brian Doherty, June 28, 2010
• Quote of the Day, Radley Balko, June 25, 2010
• Good-Bye, Free Checking. Thanks a Lot, Consumer Protectors!, Matt Welch, June 17, 2010
• "Fannie and Freddie need to be rethought entirely, if not eliminated outright.", Matt Welch, June 4, 2010
• Goldman Sachs Gets Top Seed, Jesse Walker, June 2, 2010
• Fact-Checking Obama's Fundraising-Letter Claims About Wall Street "Special Interests", Matt Welch, May 24, 2010
• Senate Financial Reform Voting, Annotated for Your Protection, Katherine Mangu-Ward, May 19, 2010
• Why Isn't the Government Hiring Short Sellers?, Tim Cavanaugh, May 12, 2010
• Libertarianism: Your Key to a Complete Economic Collapse, Brian Doherty, May 3, 2010
• Listen to THREE HOURS of Matt Welch on WBAL AM 1090 Baltimore Today at Noon Maryland Time, Matt Welch, April 30, 2010
• Thomas Frank Baffled By Difference Between Public and Private Behavior, Matt Welch, April 29, 2010
• Time To Hate On Derivatives?, Peter Suderman, April 27, 2010
• Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch Discusses SEC Porn at CNN.com, April 26, 2010
• Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch in the New York Post on the VAT Trial Balloon, April 25, 2010
• Issa Questions SEC's Market Timing, Tim Cavanaugh, April 24, 2010
• There He Goes Again, Matt Welch, April 23, 2010
• Reason Writers on the Squawk Box: Matt Welch on Fox Business Channel's Bulls and Bears at 4:15 Eastern, Talking Obama and Financial Regulation, Matt Welch, April 22, 2010
• Union-Funded Op-Ed Writer Calls Foul on Corporate-Funded Op-Ed Writer, Katherine Mangu-Ward, April 20, 2010
• Republicans Democrats Politicians Are Involved With Wall Street, Peter Suderman, April 20, 2010
• First They Came for the Criminal Investment Bankers..., Tim Cavanaugh, April 18, 2010
• Dodd's Financial Reform Bill Makes the Angels Cry, Brian Doherty, April 1, 2010
• How Vague Laws Expand Government Power, Damon W. Root, March 31, 2010
• Reason.tv: Why The Stimulus Isn't Working—Q&A with economist Richard McKenzie, March 22, 2010
• Why Does Chris Dodd Want To Put the Fed In Charge of Consumer Protection?, Tim Cavanaugh, March 15, 2010
• Pentagon Wants Big Gubmint to Catch a "Predator", Matt Welch, March 9, 2010