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Opinion: Financial Reforms Go Too Far

(April 22) -- As the debate over financial reform intensifies, it's easy to forget that there is a shared desire across the political spectrum to put an end to bailouts and to the idea that any firm should be too big to fail. Supporters of the plan now pending in the Senate argue that it would achieve these goals. It would...

Girding for the Wall Street Vs. Main Street Fight

(March 15) -- Shielding Americans from shady credit card fees, protecting taxpayers from financial bailouts, saving banks from becoming "too big to fail," policing hedge funds, and safeguarding the country from future economic crises. Those are the main goals of a Senate bill more than half a year in the making and...

Wall Street Reform Turns to Main Street, Maybe

(March 2) -- Who's looking out for the little guy? During all the debate over government cures for the financial crisis, billions of dollars in bank bailouts and fiery finger-pointing at greedy executives and heedless regulators, questions about the plight of American consumers have largely gone unanswered. Repair to...