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New Wall Street Regulation?

Yasmin Rammohan | April 11, 2012, 10:00 am

Could FDA-style regulation of the finance world prevent future economic crises? A University of Chicago economics professor tells us why he thinks Wall Street needs even more regulation.

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Related Links
The New York Times article on How to Prevent a Financial Overdose
The Atlantic article on The Case for Treating Big Finance Like Big Pharma
The Washington Post's blog on Should we have an FDA for financial products?
Bloomberg article on An FDA for Securities Could Help Avert Crises
Slate article on Not Worth the Gamble
More on Glen Weyl
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