Bank Reform 2010 – Delaware Liberal

Wall Street ‘No Snitchin’ Culture

By cassandra_m June 27, 20112 Comments

That is the topic of a new piece by Ted Kaufman today. According to Kaufman, the common wisdom among bankers is that the biggest six of the Too Big To Fail banks ought to be broken up or at least subject to greater regulatory requirements. And why don't you hear more about this? Apparently the No Snitchin' culture is big among the Joseph A. Banks-suited set too.

Ungrateful

By cassandra_m June 9, 20114 Comments

They got an extraordinary bailout funded and guaranteed by the taxpayers of the United States of America -- they still are -- and yet Jamie Dimon of ~~Citibank~~ Chase is whining about regulations from Dodd-Frank:

Run, Ted, Run!

By cassandra_m April 28, 201022 Comments

Joan Walsh over at Salon.com has been delighted listening to our Senator become one of the leading voices on banking reform. And she wants him to run. Ms. Walsh is late to the party here, but she's got it right (mostly):

Banking Reform Legislation Background

By cassandra_m March 29, 20102 Comments

So now that we're done (for the moment) with the HCR, it is on to Banking Reform. This work has been ongoing in the House (who passed a bill already) and Chris Dodd's Banking Committee. The Congress is in recess now, but it is worth taking some time to get up to speed on the coming issues and the bill itself.

Elizabeth Warren on Consumer Protection

By cassandra_m March 28, 2010

This is from a conference held a few weeks back in NY with the theme of "Make Markets Be Markets". Elizabeth Warren is always awesome, and this is one good…