The most cross-cutting and critical single financial regulation since the Great Depression—the Volcker Rule—was created in the wake of the Great Recession. It’s now being second-guessed. While re-examining rules and regulations from time to time is an indispensable component of good…
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Arguably the most presidential periods of Donald Trump’s administration were in February when he addressed a joint session of Congress and in May on his first foreign foray when he visited Saudi Arabia and Israel, followed by Belgium for a North...
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OpEds / Righting Regulation
The Trump administration has made it clear that it wants to relax financial regulations — curbs that were put in place to protect the U.S. from another financial crisis. If this happens, it would be a disastrous and deeply dangerous choice...
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Is there a Bitcoin’s bubble or Led Zeppelin? Crypto currency holds promise, but investors beware of digital wallets!
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President Donald Trump’s decision on Thursday to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change—an agreement supported by nearly every other nation in the world—is perhaps the kookiest policy calculation of his young presidency. Here’s why it matters. Environmental The...
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Low oil and gas prices have encouraged those in the US to drive more and do so in style. Meanwhile, OPEC (the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and several non-OPEC (NOPEC) nations are efforting to increase those prices. Will they succeed? Memorial Day signals...
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Does climate change exist, or is it as President Trump has insisted, a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese? You do the math. In recorded history, the 16 warmest years have occurred in this century, last year being the hottest. Any questions?...
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Boom Bust segment May 24, 2017 on Trump Budget, clip courtesy RT America
Bloomberg Interview
Bart discusses the future of financial regulation with Bloomberg’s Vonnie Quinn and Kevin Cirilli on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg)
OpEds
President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda received a serious and significant self-inflicted wound when he fired FBI Director James Comey. For those holding out hope the Administration would pull it together this year and pass tax reform and at least begin to...
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"Writing rules for Wall Street doesn't afford much opportunity for artistic license. Unless, that is, you're Bart Chilton who is prone to waxing poetic on arcane financial matters."
"The competition for colorful comments has a clear winner: Bart Chilton."
"Even some of his adversaries will especially miss his way with words."
