(Feb.24, 2017) The quantity of financial regulation is not quite as important as the quality. One must get the details right. The case of the US “fiduciary rule” strongly suggests that President Trump will not get the details right.
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What Will the Trump Presidency Look Like?
(Nov. 12, 2016) We unexpectedly find ourselves in uncharted territory, in so many ways. The United States has never before had a president without either political or military experience. And Donald Trump is especially unpredictable: he has so often said things that conflict with other things he has said. So it is hard to know what he will do.
Who is right on US financial reform? Sanders, Clinton, or the Republicans?
(Feb. 27, 2016) Eight years after the financial crisis broke out in the United States, there is as much confusion as ever regarding what reforms are appropriate in order to minimize the recurrence of such crises in the future.