Showing posts with label financial services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label financial services. Show all posts
Monday, December 31, 2018

Businesses Seeking Regulation

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In his landmark 1971 article, economist George Stigler wrote: “Regulation is acquired by the industry, and is designed and operated primari...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Stock Ownership Since the Crash

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Jeffrey M. Jones reports at Gallup: U.S. stock ownership remains below where it was before the financial crisis in the fall of 2008, wit...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Upstairs in America

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"Upstairs, Downstairs" is the future of American politics and life. At The Daily Beast , Joel Kotkin writes: But if the highl...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Financial Regulation is a Bureaucratic Maze

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The Government Accountability Office reports: The U.S. financial regulatory structure is complex, with responsibilities fragmented among...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Compliance Jobs

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Our chapter on bureaucracy and the administrative state discusses the cost of complying with f ederal regulations .   At The Hill , Ben Goad...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The Fnancial Services Institute and the Black Caucus

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Many posts have discussed the ways in which interest groups try to influence the government . Mother Jones reports that a letter th...
Monday, July 18, 2011

Financial Services Roundtable

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Our chapter on interest groups emphasizes that they spend far more on lobbying and related activities than on campaign finance, and that am...