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Regulatory Reform

…Krugman commenting on the plan. First, I note, that this is not a jeremiad — the shrill one sees a half full glass. So the reform must be better than…

In Memoriam for Old Vet

…singing (different songs), and radio for days. When it ended he drove the 12 miles and back to get a 2 piece dinner at KFC. He fixed a plate, glass

WTO and the auto industry bailout

…health-care and retirement benefits, and currency policies. “Frankly, it’s stones and glass houses,” said Garel Rhys, professor of automotive economics at Cardiff Business School in Wales. “Everybody has been at…

R.I.P. Social Security Crisis: "We hardly knew ya"

…Market Absolutists will be lucky not to be Glass-Steagel’d. Which doesn’t mean I won’t be sticking my snout in where I sniff something interesting, or that I am going to…

Why Doesn’t Europe Have Financial Crises ?

…investment banks not depository institutions. They are less tightly regulated, that is, allowed to take more risks. This is partly a relic of the Glass-Stegal act, which made it illegal…