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# Spring 1991 

Vol. 14 No. 2 

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##### Features 

#### [Are Banks Special? ](/regulation/spring-1991/are-banks-special)

#### [Deposit Insurance: The Case for the Narrow Bank ](/regulation/spring-1991/deposit-insurance-case-narrow-bank)

By James B. Burnham 

#### [The Narrow Bank: A Flawed Response to the Failings of Federal Deposit Insurance ](/regulation/spring-1991/narrow-bank-flawed-response-failings-federal-deposit-insurance)

By [Bert Ely](https://www.cato.org/people/bert-ely) 

#### [Should the Feds Regulate Insurance Company Solvency? ](/regulation/spring-1991/should-feds-regulate-insurance-company-solvency)

By [Scott E. Harrington](https://www.cato.org/people/scott-harrington) 

#### [Regulation of International Securities Issues ](/regulation/spring-1991/regulation-international-securities-issues)

By Paul G. Mahoney 

#### [Program Trading in Context: The Changing Structure of World Equity Markets ](/regulation/spring-1991/program-trading-context-changing-structure-world-equity-markets)

By Dean Furbush 

#### [The Theft of Time, Inc.? Efficient Law and Efficient Markets ](/regulation/spring-1991/theft-time-inc-efficient-law-efficient-markets)

By Fred S. McChesney and William J. Carney 

#### [Keep Mandatory Retirement for Tenured Faculty ](/regulation/spring-1991/keep-mandatory-retirement-tenured-faculty)

By [Richard A. Epstein](https://www.cato.org/people/richard-epstein) and Saunders MacLane 

##### Letters 

##### [Scrapping Antitrust Laws ](/regulation/spring-1991/scrapping-antitrust-laws)

##### [In Defense of Antitrust ](/regulation/spring-1991/defense-antitrust)

##### Currents 

##### [The Silly Season for Energy Policy ](/regulation/spring-1991/silly-season-energy-policy)

##### [Treasury Report on Financial Reform Deserves Prompt Consideration ](/regulation/spring-1991/treasury-report-financial-reform-deserves-prompt-consideration)

##### [Capital Standards Alchemy ](/regulation/spring-1991/capital-standards-alchemy)

##### [Insured Deposits and Exotic Financial Instruments: Where to Draw the Regulatory Line ](/regulation/spring-1991/insured-deposits-exotic-financial-instruments-where-draw-regulatory-line)

##### [A Recipe for Sustained Environmental Growth ](/regulation/spring-1991/recipe-sustained-environmental-growth)

##### [Geographic Restrictions on Banks: A Prescription for Disaster ](/regulation/spring-1991/geographic-restrictions-banks-prescription-disaster)

##### [The Dockside of Regulation ](/regulation/spring-1991/dockside-regulation)

##### [The Case against Cartels among Governments ](/regulation/spring-1991/case-against-cartels-among-governments)

##### Readings 

##### [Competing Competitive Policies ](/regulation/spring-1991/competing-competitive-policies)

##### [Debating the S&L Debacle ](/regulation/spring-1991/debating-sl-debacle)

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