Apparently it’s OK for former chairmen like Arthur Levitt to criticize the SEC, but not senators, and above all not Elizabeth Warren.
Read more...Air pollution is a serious problem in Malaysia and other Asian countries, yet official recognition and responses are sorely lagging.
Read more...The CFPB’s Project Catalyst relies on the financial innovation fairy to produce consumer-friendly financial products rather than regulation.
Read more...Dean Baker explains how market structure, which results from policy choices, legislation, and regulation, serve the rich first and foremost.
Read more...The UK faces a customs nightmare as IT systems needed to handle the new volumes and requirements are almost certain not to be ready on time.
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Read more...Why China’s fabulously leveraged housing market may finally be on the verge of a long-anticipated implosion.
Read more...Yet more reasons to be leery of 401 (k) plans.
Read more...The Bank of England offers an easily-debunked defense of predatory and fraudulent lending.
Read more...How much-derided “populism” has revealed some ugly truths about the TPP, leading Clinton and Obama to try to reposition themselves.
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Read more...This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 793 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our donation page, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card, or PayPal. Read about why we’re doing this fundraiser, what […]
Read more...Even by the standards of European kick-the-can-down-the-road exercises, measures to stave of an Italian banking crisis are really slapdash.
Read more...The Wells Fargo fake account scandal illustrates why corporate executives conveniently ignore or even engage in fraud.
Read more...The SEC’s focus on insider trading, at the expense of offences with greater systemic significance, is a form of securities law theater.
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