This Week in Wall Street Reform
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New York Times: Nearly a Year After Dodd-Frank
Nearly a Year After Dodd-Frank New York Times editorial June 13, 2011 “Without strong leaders at the top of the nation’s financial regulatory agencies, the Dodd-Frank financial reform doesn’t have a chance. Whether it is protecting consumers against abusive lending, reforming the mortgage market or
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The Warren Court
The New Yorker The Financial Page by James Surowiecki June 13, 2011 “Elizabeth Warren may well be the most popular person in Washington. When she was head of the Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP, her willingness to go after Wall Street, the Treasury Department,
One Arm Tied Behind Your Back Is No Way to Fight Financial Crime
By: Janis Bowdler, Director, Wealth-Building Policy Project, NCLR Channel: Economics, Social Univision News Tumblr “Being a consumer of financial products isn’t easy these days. Fine print, changing technology, and “gotcha” fees are enough to make you put your money back under the mattress, but that
For Mortgage Defaulters, More Loans for the Taking
For Mortgage Defaulters, More Loans for the Taking Annamaria Andriotis (Smart Money) June 1, 2011 “After years of turning down all but the best borrowers, banks and other lenders are now extending credit to a surprising group of customers: former homeowners who defaulted on their
The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren
The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren Ari Berman (The Nation) June 1, 2011 “On May 24 Elizabeth Warren was back on Capitol Hill testifying before Congress, defending her brainchild, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a key element of the 2010
The ‘Warren Report’—GOP Attacks Consumer Agency
The ‘Warren Report’—GOP Attacks Consumer Agency Katherine Reynolds Lews (The Fiscal Times) May 19, 2011 “Even before it formally opens its doors this summer, the new federal agency created to protect consumers from unscrupulous financial industry practices is coming under withering attack by Wall Street
Are SEC’s proposed credit-rating agency rules ‘toothless’?
Are SEC’s proposed credit-rating agency rules ‘toothless’? Alison Frankel (Thompson Reuters) May 18, 2011 “In the aftermath of the economic meltdown, the credit rating agencies have evaded liability as successfully as Superman dodges speeding bullets. Just a handful of surviving cases blame the credit rating
Causing a furor before it exists
Causing a furor before it exists James Lardner (Remapping Debate) May 12, 2011 “With the passage of last year’s Dodd-Frank reform law, the 111th Congress called for the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Now, two months before its scheduled launch date, the ascendant