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The Associated Press has this report about Chairman Sheila Bair’s support for a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Here is an excerpt:
WASHINGTON — The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. pitched again Monday for …
James Crotty, Gerald Epstein, and Iren Levina have co-authored an article regarding financial reform, the “Volcker Rule,” and the real cost of propriety trading. Here is the introduction to the article:
President Obama’s endorsement of the …
Rhode Island’s Providence Journal just released this Editorial supporting “the Volker Rule.” It says:
Wall Street should not again earn fortunes through reckless investing while loading the risks onto taxpayers. It’s time for new rules for …
A group of concerned Southwestern Missouri residents were fed up with a lack of representation from their Congressman, Roy Blunt. They decided to try the bank trick that has been getting industry leaders into the …
The Pew Research Center recently found that a majority of Americans supports government regulation of financial companies. Read their full results here, and here are excepts from the findings:
While the public is wary of too …
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) recently wrote an Op-Ed for the Denver Post about changes in credit card terms and the need for more financial regulation to effectively protect consumers. He talks about the improvements that …