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Could the Fed Have Rescued Lehman Brothers? Q&A with Laurence Ball

Guy Rolnik
A new study argues that the Federal Reserve could have saved Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy, but chose not to, partly because of political pressures.  Eight-and-a-half years ago,...
Money in Politics

Financial Trust Index: Americans are Angrier at the Current Economic Situation, Particularly Low-Income Whites

Tania Diaz Bazan
The latest update of the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey shows that anger at the current economic situation has been growing among...
Money in Politics

A House Divided

Paola Sapienza
On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration as president, the latest update of the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey finds that Americans are sharply divided on...
Regulatory Capture

Revolving Doors in the Private Sector: Quid Pro Quo or Efficient Market Mechanism?

ProMarket writers
A new paper by Elisabeth Kempf from the University of Chicago looks into the performance of credit analysts who left to work for investment...
Regulatory Capture

Could Blockchain Technology Alter the Balance of Power Within the Financial System? Q&A with David Yermack

Asher Schechter
"Blockchain technology is threatening to remake the financial system from the top down in a way that threatens the existence of all the banks,...
Money in Politics

Donald Trump’s Economic Policies: Pro-Business, Not Pro-Market

Luigi Zingales
Trump is eliminating lobbyists by putting them in charge of all departments. After his election,((This post was originally published in Il Sole 24 Ore.)) it was...
Regulatory Capture

Managing Political Risk

Roy Shapira
A recent working paper suggests that firms react to political risk, both passively by cutting investment and employment, and actively by ramping up lobbying efforts. From Trump...
Regulatory Capture

Democracy Against Domination: Overcoming Economic Power and Regulatory Failure in the New Gilded Age

K. Sabeel Rahman
The financial crisis—and the limits of our regulatory response to the crash—offer important lessons for our broader understandings of how to conceptualize and institutionalize...
Regulatory Capture

Watch: Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Eric Ben-Artzi Explains What it Takes to Blow the Whistle on Fraud

Guy Rolnik
Ben-Artzi: "The problem is not that you have misbehavior on Wall Street. It's that you have misbehavior by the people who are supposed to...
Regulatory Capture

Can Corruption Explain the Success of Donald Trump?

Bo Rothstein
“Identity politics” perceived as favoritism may be the explanation for why Trump’s strategy of accusing the political elite and Hillary Clinton of corruption paid...
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