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Banking Law and Regulation

Opinion and Commentary


"A Financial Super-Regulator," by Jagadeesh Gokhale, Forbes, October 29, 2009

"Fannie, Freddie Mustn't Be Left Out Of Reform," by Mark A. Calabria, Investor's Business Daily, October 27, 2009

"Financial Market Reform," by Jeffrey A. Miron, Reason (Online), October 27, 2009

"Washington's Plans May Result in Even Higher Executive Pay," by Jonathan R. Macey, The Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2009

"Regulatory Cat and Mouse," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, National Post, October 13, 2009

"Regulation and Its Unintended Consequences," by Johan Norberg, RealClearMarkets.com, September 18, 2009

"Don't Blame Competition between Regulators," by Mark A. Calabria, Forbes, September 15, 2009

"Is a New Bubble Being Formed?," by Johnny Munkhammar and Johan Norberg, European Voice, July 29, 2009

"The Case for Doing Nothing," by Jeffrey A. Miron, Reason, July 9, 2009

"The Expanding Fed Role," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, July 8, 2009

"A Fake Financial Fix," by Mark A. Calabria, New York Post, June 18, 2009

"Insuring Bankruptcy," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, June 10, 2009

"A Market Solution to Secure Banks' Future," by William Poole, Financial Times, May 20, 2009

"Will Credit Card Legislation Curtail Consumer Credit?," by Mark A. Calabria, The Wall Street Journal (Online), May 19, 2009

"How Banks Slipped the Fed's Noose," by Alan Reynolds, New York Post, May 12, 2009

"Deposit Insurance Undermines Bank Stability," by Mark A. Calabria, RealClearMarkets.com, May 7, 2009

"A Tax Attack on America's Top Companies," by Jim Powell, National Review (Online), May 6, 2009

"Political Stock Picks," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, May 6, 2009

"Socking Stocks," by Jim Powell, New York Post, May 6, 2009

"Behind The Scenes Of Imprudent Bank Loans," by Alan Reynolds, Forbes, April 22, 2009

"Panic Fallout," by Steve H. Hanke, Globe Asia, April 21, 2009

"Family-Run Banks Are Thriving," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, April 2, 2009

"The Government's Influence on the Stock Market," by Alan Reynolds, Forbes, March 25, 2009

"The Problem With 'Nationalization'," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2009

"Assessing the President's Mortgage Plan," by Alan Reynolds, The Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2009

"A Plan to Kill Banks," by Alan Reynolds, New York Post, February 11, 2009

"No-Thought Regulation," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, February 6, 2009

"Turning the Economy over to Politicians," by David Boaz, RealClearPolitics.com, January 29, 2009

"Feel like a Chump?," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, January 22, 2009

"Avoidable Disasters," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, December 31, 2008

"Repeal Sarbanes-Oxley--Lock, Stock And Barrel," by William A. Niskanen, Forbes, December 17, 2008

"The Fed: Solution or Problem?," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, November 26, 2008

"To Prevent Bubbles, Restrain the Fed," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2008

"Is it Constitutional?," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, November 5, 2008

"Mark to Market Accounting—What Are the Issues?," by Warren Coats, Cato.org, October 29, 2008

"Banking Crises: Plus Ça Change," by Steve H. Hanke, Globe Asia, October 29, 2008

"Mark-To-Model, Into The Twilight Zone," by Steve H. Hanke and John A. Tatom, Investor's Business Daily, October 24, 2008

"In Defense Of Liberty," by William A. Niskanen, Forbes, October 21, 2008

"Is the Bailout Constitutional?," by Robert A. Levy, Legal Times, October 20, 2008

"Treasury Has No Authority to Coerce the Banks," by William Poole, The Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2008

"Talking Down the Banking System and the FDIC," by Vern McKinley, Cato.org, October 17, 2008

"How to Avoid the Next Housing Bubble," by Daniel J. Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, October 17, 2008

"Who Are the Villains of the Mortgage Mess?," by Daniel J. Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2008

"Suspend Cap Gains Tax On Toxic Assets," by William Shipman, Investor's Business Daily, October 13, 2008

"Regulators Cannot Avert Next Crisis," by Johan Norberg, Australian, October 7, 2008

"The Big Bailout — What Next?," by Warren Coats, Cato.org, October 3, 2008

"The Bailout's Essential Brazenness," by Jay Cochran, Cato.org, October 1, 2008

"Mislead," by Daniel J. Mitchell, National Review (Online), October 1, 2008

"The Hoover Analogy Flunks," by Alan Reynolds, Forbes, September 29, 2008

"The Perfect Financial Storm," by Jagadeesh Gokhale, Cato.org, September 26, 2008

"Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns: What's the Difference?," by Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, September 25, 2008

"Political Perils of Overregulation," by Patrick Basham, Washington Times, September 22, 2008

"The D E Fs of the Financial Markets Crisis," by Warren Coats, Cato.org, September 26, 2008

"Bailout-Mania," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Kent Smetters, Forbes.com, September 17, 2008

"Too Few Regulations? No, Just Ineffective Ones," by Tyler Cowen, New York Times Upfront, September 13, 2008

"Be Judicial in Your Compassion," by Robert A. Levy, National Review (Online), April 29, 2008

"China Meets Subprime," by David Donadio, Caijing, August 30, 2007

"The Subprime Crash," by Arnold Kling, OCRegister.com, August 26, 2007

"Encourage a Bank Revolution by Mobile Phone," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, 2007

"Enron’s Last Victim: American Markets," by William A. Niskanen, The New York Times, January 3, 2007

"White-Collar Crime: End the Draft," by John Hasnas, National Law Journal, April 24, 2006

"Go for Dividends," by Steve H. Hanke, Forbes, April 16, 2006

"Department of Coercion," by John Hasnas, The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2006

"Hard Line State: Big Labor's War on Wal-Mart Claims Casualties Among Poor Marylanders," by Steve H. Hanke and Stephen Walters, The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2006

"Executive Envy," by Alan Reynolds, TownHall.com, January 12, 2006

"Advice to Chairman Cox: Avoid a Regulatory Ratchet," by William A. Niskanen, Investor's Business Daily, August 8, 2005

"Unocal Shareholder Rights," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, July 17, 2005

"The Sarbanes-Oxley Tax," by Alan Reynolds, Investor's Business Daily, March 14, 2005

"Trial by Press Release," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, March 6, 2005

"The Case Against Antitrust," by Robert A. Levy, Apple Daily, November 17, 2004

"Full Serve, No Choice," by Thomas A. Firey and Bart J. Wilson, The New York Times, October 3, 2004

"Are Poor Countries Better Off Without Banks?," by Robert E. Anderson, Fox News (Online), April 22, 2004

"A Welfare State for Aggrieved Market Losers," by Robert A. Levy, Financial Times, March 24, 2004

"Regulatory Malpractice," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, March 18, 2004

"Martha's Mistrial: The Insider Trading Accusation Came from a Cowardly Press Leak from a Congressional Committee," by Alan Reynolds, Cato.org, March 9, 2004

"A Fair Trial for Martha?," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, January 18, 2004

"Markets and Monopolies," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, January 9, 2004

"Hold on to That Mutual Fund," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, November 2, 2003

"Europe's Dabbling Hands in U.S. Business Affairs," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, August 17, 2003

"For Whom the Feuding Bells Toll," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, August 3, 2003

"New Funeral Rules Help Business, Not Consumers," by David Harrington, Fox News (Online), July 17, 2003

"Corporate Accounting: Still Evolving After All These Years," by Chris Edwards, Freeman, February 3, 2003

"Antitrust: The Case for Repeal," by Robert A. Levy, American Spectator, January 11, 2003

"How Not to Define Business Monopoly," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, November 10, 2002

"The IMF as Bankruptcy Court for Countries?," by Ian Vásquez, Washington Times, October 23, 2002

"Overstocked Assumptions," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, July 28, 2002

"President Bush Should Withdraw Clinton Era IRS Regulation," by Veronique de Rugy, Washington Times, December 20, 2001

"Is the Fed Obsolete?," by Bob Gelfond, Economist, October 19, 2000

"Why Microsoft Should Have Won," by Robert A. Levy, Washington Times, November 8, 1999

"Rewriting the Rules for High-tech Antitrust," by Robert A. Levy, Seattle Times, November 1, 1999

"A Call That Needs To Go Through... MCI WorldCom-Sprint," by Solveig Singleton, Bridge News, October 13, 1999

"Microsoft: A Tale of Two Markets," by Robert A. Levy, National Law Journal, February 8, 1999

"Microsoft is no monopoly," by Robert A. Levy, USA Today, January 14, 1999

"It's Time To Reexamine Antitrust Legislation," by Dominick Armentano, Bridge News, November 13, 1997

"Antitrust and the Staples-Office Depot Merger," by William A. Niskanen, Legal Times, June 26, 1997

"A New Direction for DBS Competition?," by Solveig Bernstein, Journal of Commerce, October 9, 1996

"How to Fix U.S. Personal Bankruptcy Law," by Michelle White, Regulation, November 10, 1999



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