Dodd-Frank Is Driving the Wrong Kind of Innovation
The federal government responded to the 2008 mortgage crisis by piling new regulations on the financial system, but lower-skilled finance employees were squeezed out of the job market.
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Warren Has a Plan To Help the Entrepreneurs She Screwed Over With Dodd-Frank
Warren proposes giving grants to minority-owned small businesses, but regulations she supported reduced access to capital for aspiring entrepreneurs.
No, Repealing the Volcker Rule Won't Cause an Economic Collapse
Instead of limiting what risks banks can take, the government should force banks to live with the consequences of those risks.
Congress Just Voted to Repeal a Few Bits of Dodd-Frank
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stays, but Obama-era regulations that suffocated small banks are toast.
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House Republicans Decide Some Dodd-Frank Reform Is Better Than None
After a monthslong showdown with the Senate, House leaders have agreed to pass a modest set of financial regulation reforms.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Wants to Weaken Attorney-Client Privilege
The federal agency is attacking the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Retailers Don't Need Another Regulatory Handout
Hidden consequences of banking regulation hurt poor people the most.
Dodd-Frank at 5: How Financial Reform Led to Bloodshed in the Congo
Everything you think you know about conflict minerals is wrong.
Dodd-Frank and the Age of Endless Regulation
In this age of endless regulation, it's hard to imagine that the legal and regulatory details of the law will ever truly be settled.
3 Ways to Get More Americans Into Banking (That Don't Involve the U.S. Postal Service)
Policymakers should get out of the way and let entrepreneurs offer financial services that fit the needs of low-income Americans.
Irrational Exuberance or Irrational Policies?
Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan seems blind to his role in the housing bubble, the financial crisis, and the recession.
The Housing and Financial Meltdowns Revisited
Five years after the housing and financial meltdown, self-styled progressives are still peddling the Glass-Steagall pseudoexplanation.
Obama's Unconstitutional Executive Power Grab
Federal court slams Obama's executive overreach.
Will Dodd-Frank Trigger a New Financial Crisis?
A new book warns of the unintended consequences of the massive regulatory overhaul.
CFTC Lawsuit Leads to Intrade Pullout From U.S. Market
The predictions market company told its U.S. customers they have to close their accounts after the feds accused them of violating Dodd-Frank
U.S. Financial Sector Can Expect "Profound" Changes, Says IMF
New regulations and legislation could be a shock to the system
Putting Customers Second
Banking fees are becoming more expensive and less transparent thanks to Wal-Mart and Sen. Dick Durbin.
