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Showing posts with label oversight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oversight. Show all posts
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Yves Smith — In Rebuke to Cronyistic New York Fed, TBTF Bank Supervision Shifted to Fed Board of Governors

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This is pretty huge. Implicit Timmy smackdown. But after Greenspan's example with regulation, is this really an improvement? The Wa...
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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Dan Froomkin — The Inverse of Oversight: CIA Spies On Congress

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Like this is something new? If spies spy on foreign governments, you can bet they spy on their own government. It was at least suspected t...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Bill Black — How to Prosecute the Elite Bank CEO that Led the Frauds that Drove the Crisis

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Step one: Understand the three “control fraud” epidemics that drove the crisis.... There is no fraud exorcist, so fraudulently originated...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Gary Rivlin — How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank

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The story of how Wall Street lobbyists worked the halls of Congress, blocking the appointment of Elizabeth Warren, Obama’s first choice to ...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Washington's Blog — The Lie that Prosecuting Bank Fraud Will Destabilize the Economy Is What Is REALLY Destroying the Economy

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Good summary linking to principal critics like Joe Stiglitz, Jamie Galbraith, George Akerlof, Robert Shiller, and Bill Black. What is often ...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Harry Bradford  — Cheaters Get 'High' From Breaking The Rules: Study

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Why law, regulation PLUS oversight and accountability are required to address the free rider problem. The Huffington Post Cheaters Get '...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Bill Black at Alternet — What If the “Broken Windows” Theory Were Applied to Wall Street?

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James Q. Wilson's famous “broken windows” theory led to strict policing of working class behavior. What if his ideas were applied to Wa...
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

David Kotok on MF Global, Chutzpah & the New York Fed

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...The MF Global affair is doubly muddied up by alleged fraud and misuse of client funds.  We cannot blame the NY Fed for an alleged fraud...