Financial Regulation

Policy

Why JPMorgan Chase's $2 Billion Blown Deal Doesn't Prove the Case for More Financial Regulation

Peter Suderman | 5.14.2012 10:15 AM

Policy

Tom Easton on Dodd-Frank: "A Terrible Law"

Anthony Fisher | 5.12.2012 1:00 PM

Policy

Tom Easton on Dodd-Frank: "A Terrible Law"

Anthony Fisher | 5.12.2012 1:00 PM

Policy

You Can't Buy a Coke With Your Debit Card Anymore: Yet More Unintended Consequences of Fee Regulation

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.11.2012 11:19 AM

Politics

Isn't America Already Financially Repressed?

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.26.2012 5:57 PM

Policy

Banks Try To Seem Cool By Acting More Like Payday Lenders

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.26.2012 4:43 PM

Politics

5 New Ways the IRS Is Screwing America

Dumb disclosure laws, xenophobic banking regs, and worse

Matt Welch | 4.16.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Job Killers

Advocates of regulations don't acknowledge the law of unintended consequences.

John Stossel | 3.29.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

The Long, Slow Death of Free Checking

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.1.2012 11:05 AM

Policy

Elizabeth Warren Earns $429,000, Worth Millions but Not Part of 1 Percent

Nick Gillespie | 1.30.2012 9:39 AM

Politics

Matt Welch Discusses the Buffett Rule and His Favorite Beatles Songs on Varney & Co.

Joshua Swain | 1.26.2012 10:40 AM

Politics

Economic Green Shoots; Punk Rock Raid; Syria at War, and Stingy States: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.15.2011 6:44 PM

Politics

Corzine Live! Follow Along With House Testimony

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.15.2011 3:29 PM

Politics

Should Voters Have More Say in the Regulatory Processes That Drastically Affect Their Lives?

Seth McKelvey | 12.2.2011 1:37 PM

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

Barry Ritholtz Responds

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.11.2011 1:06 PM

Politics

Fifth Greatest Libertarian: Government Blameless in Bubble/Bust/Bailouts

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.10.2011 7:26 PM

Politics

Rajaratnam and the "No One Has Gone to Prison" Myth

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.14.2011 8:40 PM

Policy

You Can't Call It An Unintended Consequence If You Knew It Was Going to Happen

Peter Suderman | 9.30.2011 10:03 AM

Politics

California Democrats Also Run Out of Their Own Money

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.27.2011 1:12 AM

Politics

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

Emily Ekins | 7.6.2011 1:15 PM

Policy

Barney Frank Still Believes in Dodd-Frank

Peter Suderman | 6.7.2011 3:56 PM

Policy

Bye-Bye, Wall Street

Matt Welch | 5.27.2011 6:35 PM

Policy

A Knowledge Problem with Insider Trading Law

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2011 2:44 PM

Politics

Housing Finance Reform Creeps Forward

After three years of ignoring the mortgage monsters, House Democrats now think Congress is moving too fast to get rid of them.

Anthony Randazzo | 4.8.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

"The big message of the financial crisis is that you want to become too big to fail"

George Mason economics professor Garett Jones on TARP, moral hazard, and the true costs of bailing out the financial sector.

Peter Suderman | 3.31.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Customs Can't Catch Cash

Jacob Sullum | 3.11.2011 4:41 PM

Policy

New York Times to Financial Regulator: How Do You Do it?

Matt Welch | 2.11.2011 10:00 AM

Politics

Reason Writers on TV: Matt Welch Discusses President Obama's New Regulatory Re-Think on Varney & Co.

Reason Staff | 1.18.2011 2:20 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Richard Epstein on Barack Obama, his former Chicago Law Colleague

Reason Staff | 11.22.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: In Defense of Payday Lending

Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie | 11.10.2010 3:00 PM

Politics

Why Is Ron Paul Supporting Spendthrift Bachus for Committee Chair?

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.7.2010 1:11 AM

Policy

Montana Wants Money for Nothing

When states vote for cheap payday loans, they wind up with no loans at all.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.4.2010 7:00 PM

Policy

There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Checking Account

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.20.2010 3:49 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Hollywood Hates Capitalism - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Edition

Reason Staff | 9.24.2010 3:00 PM

Politics

He's All Outta Loeb

Matt Welch | 8.31.2010 11:00 AM

Policy

All's Fair In Love and War Credit Card Regulation

Peter Suderman | 8.23.2010 9:46 AM

Policy

Europe's Banker Bonus Limits Probably Won't Actually Limit Banker Pay

Peter Suderman | 8.19.2010 10:02 AM

Policy

Massive Taxpayer Liability or Somewhat More Expensive Mortgages For Everyone? Hmm, I'll Have to Think About That…

Peter Suderman | 8.18.2010 11:14 AM

Policy

It's Never the Right Time to Reform Fannie and Freddie

Peter Suderman | 8.16.2010 1:46 PM

Politics

Can We Wake Up From the Fannie/Freddie Nightmare?

Matt Welch | 8.12.2010 9:37 AM

Policy

Credit Rating Agencies: Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Live Without 'Em

Peter Suderman | 8.11.2010 10:52 AM

Policy

Paul Volcker: "It's clear Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to go."

Damon Root | 7.30.2010 2:37 PM

Policy

Pre-IPO Investing: Not For You, Little Guy. Don't Worry Your Confused Little Head About It

Brian Doherty | 7.29.2010 5:29 PM

Policy

Why No One Is Trying to Kill Fannie and Freddie

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.26.2010 4:35 PM

Policy

"The center of the financial world has moved from Wall Street to…the Treasury Department."

Peter Suderman | 7.26.2010 11:25 AM

Policy

Obama's Financial Overhaul Is Certainly Uncertain

Peter Suderman | 7.21.2010 12:38 PM

Policy

How Are Movies Like Onions?

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2010 1:27 PM