…caused me to write a follow-up to my “Markets and the ACA” post called “Ah! It’s not about regulating markets, after all! It’s about regulating the individual!” I said in…

…with lots of hedge-fund managers trading all the time and keeping markets efficient, stocks are at record highs around the globe and markets are deeper, more liquid and less volatile….

…China just confirmed its participation. Textbook economics says that a central bank cannot have it all: independent monetary policy, a fixed exchange rate, and open financial markets (the impossible trinity)….

…markets” along the lines espoused by the Chicago School’s Milt Friedman, who didn’t care much about democracy but did care a lot about starving government and letting capital have a…

…effect of today’s equity market gyrations is further distrust in the markets, particularly by retail buyers. I am told that various retail trading platforms were simply not operating during the…

…later, but RGE published a great article to the fact) – as investors flock to global capital markets seeking the “risk-on” trade. Central banks are attempting to stem the sometimes…

…point of manipulating trade advantages. Fixing credit markets and energy policy are largely domestic challenges, whereas recalibrating trade with China requires cooperation from Beijing. However, such cooperation requires fundamental changes…

…there is interest on money (I’ve never had a non interest paying checking account). Second I never assume efficient markets. However, I think I assumed that there is a continuous…

…to force “protective actions” before hit the line. 8) regulate settlement systems for key funding and risk transfer markets (overnight lending and CDS). Regulate key OTC markets as exchanges are…

…product markets, so markets don’t clear. I’d say it is still implied that firms won’t sell any more at given prices (increased demand will cause them to increase their price…