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Opinion: What's Really 'Too Big to Fail'?

(July 1) -- The financial reform bill passed by the House on Wednesday is, among other things, supposed to deal with the "too big to fail" problem among financial institutions. That issue -- too big to fail, or TBTF -- is everywhere these days. The concern is about institutions that grow so large that the government has...

Obama Makes Case About Capitalism's Drift

ANALYSIS (April 22) -- It was a policy speech promoting the congressional overhaul of rules that govern banks and finance. It was a political speech arguing for Democrats' economic credentials ahead of midterm elections this fall. But even more, President Barack Obama today made a case that the current financial crisis...

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02/03/12 Ex-speaker Hackney won't run for NC House in 2012 Source: The Courier-Tribune - Asheboro NC Former two-term Speaker Joe Hackney announced Thursday he wouldn't seek re-election to his House seat this year after more than 30 years in the Legislature.
04/01/11 The two-party finance-reform two-step Source: Democracy in America - The Economist WHAT does it take to sustain political consensus for reigning in the mighty financial industry, or to translate that political consensus into real action?
11/14/10 Voting isn't such a big deal Source: The Olympian - Olympia WA U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell offered a statement explaining her vote against bringing up the finance-reform bill for a full floor vote last night.