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Sensible Tax Reform

…Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin, and Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute, before the Senate Finance Committee,…

The Policy Debate vs The Policy Horse Race

…the conference committee will scrap the Senate’s derivatives reform provisions. In fact, he predicted that they would scrap the requirement that banks spin off derivatives trading desks, but he did…

Proposed Financial Overhaul Bill

…was first put forward by the Treasury Department in the financial regulation reform bill that it sent to Congress. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) initially included the…