It’s been a long week for President Trump and today he announced the disbandment of his Manufacturing Council and Strategy and Policy Forum.
News / 14 Jun 2018
Relaxing the Volcker Rule would be a real mistake
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…
Bart Chilton discusses the lack of leadership at the CFTC with Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley on “Bloomberg Markets.”
Media mentions / OpEds
Evaluating our U.S. presidents is done intermittently. Such benchmarks are the bedrock upon which we gauge the past. The first 100 days of an administration—a standard used since Franklin Roosevelt’s Administration—arrived on April 29th. President Trump said it was a “ridiculous...
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Media mentions / OpEds
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!
Media mentions / OpEds
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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Media mentions / OpEds
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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Media mentions / OpEds
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
Testimonials
"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 New York Times
"The competition for colorful comments has a clear winner: Bart Chilton."
The Wall Street Journal
"Even some of his adversaries will especially miss his way with words."
