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Robert Johnson

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Published Why this crisis is far from finished (Blog entry)
April 25, 2008 - 11:16am
The financial markets are rallying and many leading investment bankers are declaring that the crisis is over. Methinks they do protest to much.
Published Why Financial Regulation is Essential (Blog entry)
April 17, 2008 - 11:34am
In a Financial Times article, Martin Wolf illustrates that a man who has alway been pro market can see the problems with no regulation and self policing of markets. Wolf is right that regulation and enforcement are also human activities that can generate their own follies; but the work of the society is to protect people from the excesses of a given segment of society while maintaining the maximum freedom of those within the sector to be creative.
Published Crisis on Wall Street - Shock Doctrine Opportunity - Notes from Take Back America Panel (Blog entry)
March 27, 2008 - 12:17pm
The crisis on Wall Street appears to be very severe. The Federal Reserve's emergency actions, background discussions with foreign central banks about outright purchase of mortgages, and the premiums on interbank interest rates over Treasury Bills (The so called Ted Spread) suggest that fear of credit collapse is significant. As a result "the rules of the game" are in play.

Published Why this crisis is far from finished (Blog entry)
April 25, 2008 - 11:16am
The financial markets are rallying and many leading investment bankers are declaring that the crisis is over. Methinks they do protest to much.
Published Why Financial Regulation is Essential (Blog entry)
April 17, 2008 - 11:34am
In a Financial Times article, Martin Wolf illustrates that a man who has alway been pro market can see the problems with no regulation and self policing of markets. Wolf is right that regulation and enforcement are also human activities that can generate their own follies; but the work of the society is to protect people from the excesses of a given segment of society while maintaining the maximum freedom of those within the sector to be creative.
Published Crisis on Wall Street - Shock Doctrine Opportunity - Notes from Take Back America Panel (Blog entry)
March 27, 2008 - 12:17pm
The crisis on Wall Street appears to be very severe. The Federal Reserve's emergency actions, background discussions with foreign central banks about outright purchase of mortgages, and the premiums on interbank interest rates over Treasury Bills (The so called Ted Spread) suggest that fear of credit collapse is significant. As a result "the rules of the game" are in play.