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Dodd-Frank

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Regulation

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.

Sam Rutzick | 12.17.2020 6:00 AM

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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.

Alex Muresianu | 6.26.2019 2:00 PM

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Financial Regulation

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.

Eric Boehm | 5.30.2018 6:30 PM

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Dodd-Frank

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.

Eric Boehm | 5.22.2018 6:15 PM

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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.

Eric Boehm | 5.11.2018 3:55 PM

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Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Wants to Weaken Attorney-Client Privilege

The federal agency is attacking the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

Liz Mair | 2.15.2017 3:00 PM

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Retailers Don't Need Another Regulatory Handout

Hidden consequences of banking regulation hurt poor people the most.

Veronique de Rugy | 1.7.2016 12:01 AM

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Policy

Dodd-Frank at 5: How Financial Reform Led to Bloodshed in the Congo

Everything you think you know about conflict minerals is wrong.

Stephanie Slade | 7.21.2015 4:05 PM

Politics

"How Naive is Elizabeth Warren?": When it comes to ending cronyism, *endlessly*

Nick Gillespie | 12.18.2014 9:05 AM

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Policy

How the Dodd-Frank Act Has Caused Poverty and Fuelled War in Africa

Patrick Hannaford | 12.4.2014 10:54 AM

Politics

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.

Peter Suderman | 7.21.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

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.

Jim Epstein | 2.25.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

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.

Steven Horwitz | 12.14.2013 2:00 PM

Politics

The Housing and Financial Meltdowns Revisited

Five years after the housing and financial meltdown, self-styled progressives are still peddling the Glass-Steagall pseudoexplanation.

Sheldon Richman | 10.13.2013 8:00 AM

Politics

Dodd-Frank Regulations Could Fill Almost 30 Copies of War and Peace

Over 15 million words

Reason Staff | 7.19.2013 11:00 AM

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Politics

Dodd-Frank Regulations Could Fill Almost 30 Copies of War and Peace

Over 15 million words

Matthew Feeney | 7.19.2013 11:00 AM

Politics

Obama's Unconstitutional Executive Power Grab

Federal court slams Obama's executive overreach.

Damon Root | 1.28.2013 8:40 AM

Policy

Will Dodd-Frank Trigger a New Financial Crisis?

A new book warns of the unintended consequences of the massive regulatory overhaul.

Carten Cordell | 1.13.2013 1:00 PM

Policy

Report: Dodd-Frank Could Trigger Financial Crisis

Bad law breeds uncertainty

Reason Staff | 1.11.2013 3:08 PM

Politics

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

Reason Staff | 11.27.2012 8:28 AM

Policy

The Constitutional Case Against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Damon Root | 11.19.2012 4:17 PM

Policy

Dodd-Frank Here to Stay

What new banking regulations will accidentally hurt the poor most?

Reason Staff | 11.9.2012 9:15 PM

Policy

"Dodd-Frank Is a Gift to Big Banks"

Damon Root | 10.29.2012 4:28 PM

Politics

Too Big To Regulate: Barron's Gene Epstein on Dodd-Frank

Anthony Fisher and Anthony Randazzo | 9.30.2012 10:00 AM

Policy

U.S. Financial Sector Can Expect "Profound" Changes, Says IMF

New regulations and legislation could be a shock to the system

Reason Staff | 9.25.2012 1:24 PM

Politics

Biden Calls Wall St. Reform Critics "Squealing Pigs"

Defends Dodd-Frank regs.

Reason Staff | 8.21.2012 9:30 PM

Policy

SEC Issues Whistleblower Award

Unidentified winner gets part of the penalty collected.

Reason Staff | 8.21.2012 8:37 PM

Economics

The Case Against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Damon Root | 8.3.2012 2:33 PM

Politics

Senator Bernie Sanders Says Big Banks Regulate What Congress Does, Except for Dodd-Frank, Apparently

Ed Krayewski | 5.17.2012 11:28 AM

Politics

Gingrich Promises Puerto Rican Statehood, Cuban Spring at Orlando Event

Mike Riggs | 1.28.2012 7:50 PM

Politics

Gene Healy on Obama's Illegal Appointment of Richard Cordray

Reason Staff | 1.10.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Barney Frank Is Retiring From the House

Mike Riggs | 11.28.2011 10:03 AM

Politics

Putting Customers Second

Banking fees are becoming more expensive and less transparent thanks to Wal-Mart and Sen. Dick Durbin.

Anthony Randazzo and James Groth | 11.11.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

A Majority of Voters Favor Increased Competition Rather than Increased Regulations to Hold Companies Accountable

Reason Staff | 7.8.2011 1:26 PM

Politics

When Costs Considered, Support for Government Caps on 'Swipe Fees' Wane

Emily Ekins | 7.6.2011 1:15 PM

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