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Huffington Post: The Two Rules of Real Financial Reform
March 15, 2010 – 9:18 am

Fight Club fans take note!  AFR Executive Director Heather Booth wrote up the rules of real financial reform for the Huffington Post.  Here are first few:
The first rule of real financial reform is that you …

Jeff Gelles on Why We Need an Independent CFPA
March 12, 2010 – 4:03 pm

Columnist Jeff Gelles recently wrote this piece about the importance of creating an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA).  He focuses on the way current regulators, specifically the OCC, failed to do anything to effectively …

Song A Day #419: The Robin Hood Tax
March 10, 2010 – 9:54 am

Jonathan Mann sings this funny and informative song about the “Robin Hood Tax,” also known as the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT).

Consumer Protection Would Help Small Businesses
March 5, 2010 – 11:09 am

The Hill recently published this Opinion piece from business owner Lya Sorano about the way that a Consumer Financial Protection Agency would help small businesses.  She says:
The Chamber of Commerce and the bank lobbyists have …