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Tag Archives: financial system
How Paul Volcker will save the world
Paul Volcker: The specific points at issue are ownership or sponsorship of hedge funds and private equity funds, and proprietary trading — that is, placing bank capital at risk in the search of speculative profit rather than in response to … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Regulations
Tagged banking regulations, banks, central banks, commercial banks, economic crisis, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, financial regulations, financial system, financial systems, hedge funds, investment banks, laws, Paul Volcker, Regulations, risk, risks, systemic risk, systemick risks
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Crony capitalism at the heart of the financial system
“Simon Johnson, an economist at the prestigious Peterson Institute in Washington, DC, [] has been leading the argument against overmighty banking.” Simon Johnson @ Wikipedia Simon Johnson’s blog = The Baseline Scenario – PageRank 8/10 – Wow.
Posted in Economics, Ethics, Finance, Financial Markets, The Global Economy
Tagged banking, banking system, banks, Baseline Scenario, crony capitalism, economist, economists, economy, Finance, financial crisis, Financial Markets, financial system, Simon Johnson, The Baseline Scenario, US banks
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Banks should be made smaller to minimize systemic risk.
Prospect magazine carries an essay by Jonathan Ford (comment editor at Reuters) on “too big to fail” — How To Shrink The Banks. The conclusion: If these measures were fully implemented, the result should be that banks would become smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Business, The Global Economy
Tagged banking system, credit, Finance, Financial Markets, financial system, laws, Regulations, US banks
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