Not Just Technical — The War on Derivatives Reform
Unregulated derivatives markets have been at the center of almost every major financial crisis of the past two decades, from the 1998 bailout of Long Term Capital Management to Enron to the...
View ArticleWall Street’s Derivatives Gambit
This week marks an important step forward in the implementation of financial reform. On Monday, the U.S. became the first country in the world to require mandatory clearing of many derivatives...
View ArticleWhy Is 1.5 Million Tons of Aluminum Sitting in Warehouses Owned by Goldman...
Americans have learned a lot in recent years about how our largest financial institutions make their money. But few would have imagined that a million and a half tons of aluminum – a quarter of the...
View ArticleThe Case for a 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act
When Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and John McCain, R-Ariz., get together, it gets noticed. In partnership with Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Angus King, I-Maine, they have introduced a bill, the...
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