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THE CASE FOR REPEALING DODD-FRANK

    Peter J. Wallison American Enterprise Institute The Case for Repealing 
Dodd-Frank PETER J. WALLISON holds the Arthur F. Burns Chair in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously he practiced banking, corporate, and financial law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., and in New York. He also served as White

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WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLES

  http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304465604579222110598111076?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories –  _0bama Administration Proposes New Curbs on Campaigning by tax exempt groups   http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304439804579208020624280740?mod=ITP_opinion_  –  How The GOP Should Fix Obamacare http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303531204579204212758620396?mod=ITP_opinion_0  –  A Federal Anti-Education Plan http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304791704579212422022570980?mod=ITP_opinion_0  – The GOP’s Health-Reform Opportunity http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303376904579136052828867002?mod=ITP_opinion_0  –  Janet Yellen’s Greatest Challenge http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303985504579206210388287976?mod=ITP_opinion_0  –  Scott Walker – How to Win the Obama-Walker Voters http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304439804579208262999418146?mod=ITP_opinion_2  –  The Spy Who

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OBAMA’S POLICIES HAVE HELPED WALL ST. FAT CATS

  Obama’s Policies Have Helped Wall St. Fat Cats By Jack Kelly – November 24, 2013 Jack Kelly is a columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Blade of Toledo, Ohio. Page Printed from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/11/24/obamas_policies_have_helped_wall_st_fat_cats_120768.html at November 24, 2013 – 08:37:14 PM CST Real (inflation adjusted) median household income last year was $51,371, 4.44 percent

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CONFESSIONS OF A QUANTITATIVE EASER

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Confessions of a Quantitative Easer By Andrew Huszar  Mr. Huszar, a senior fellow at Rutgers Business School, is a former Morgan Stanley managing director. In 2009-10, he managed the Federal Reserve’s $1.25 trillion agency mortgage-backed security purchase program.  Nov. 12, 2013 I can only say: I’m sorry, America. As a

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ALAN GREENSPAN’S NEW BOOK – ‘THE MAP AND THE TERRITORY’

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Book Review: ‘The Map and the Territory,’ by Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan argues that Wall Street didn’t predict the 2008 crisis because it paid scant attention to the insights of behavioral economics. Burton G. Malkiel Oct. 22, 2013 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  Bubbles and crashes will always be characteristics of free-market

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SILENCING CORPORATE AMERICA BY USING ‘DISCLOSURE’

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Using ‘Disclosure’ to Silence Corporate America   The Soros-funded ‘CPA-Zicklin Index’ is merely a weapon against business.   Jonathan Macey    Mr. Macey, a professor of corporate law, corporate finance and securities law at Yale Law School, is the author of “The Death of Corporate Reputation: How Integrity Has Been

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THE CLINTON-ERA ROOTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

  August 12, 2013 The Clinton-Era Roots of the Financial Crisis Affordable-housing goals established in the 1990s led to a massive increase in risky, subprime mortgages. By PHIL GRAMM AND MIKE SOLONMr. Gramm, a former Republican chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is senior partner of US Policy Metrics and a visiting scholar at the

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FORMER HEAD OF BB&T GIVES CAUSES OF 2008 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN

  THE WASHINGTON TIMES DECKER: 5 Questions with BB&T’s John Allison ‘It’s easier for government to control a few large institutions’ By Brett M. Decker– Brett M. Decker, former Editorial Page Editor for The Washington Times, was an editorial page writer and editor for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Senior Vice President of

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JACK LEW, CITIGROUP’S MAN GOES TO THE TREASURY DEPT.

  Citigroup’s Man Goes to the Treasury Department By Jonathan Weil – Feb 21, 2013 Jack Lew is the nominee for Treasury secretary whose own bonus as an investment banker was bailed out by the Treasury Department when it rescued Citigroup Inc. (C) in 2008. He owes much to America’s taxpayers. He should also be

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