A Financial Precautionary Principle: New Rules for Financial Product Safety
This Wall Street Watch working paper by Professors James Crotty and Gerald Epstein, of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, urges that complex financial products be required to obtain approval...
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In this Wall Street Watch Working Paper, Jane D’Arista of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, details the industry concentration in the U.S. financial...
View ArticleWhy U.S. Financial Markets Need a Public Credit Ratings Agency
This Wall Street Watch Working Paper emphasizes the significant role of the major private credit rating firms in creating the housing bubble and subsequent financial crash of 2007-2008. M. Ahmed...
View ArticleWhat to do with Fannie and Freddie Roundtable Discussion
What to do with Fannie and Freddie Roundtable Discussion 9:00: Coffee & Bagels 9:25: Welcome by Ralph Nader 9:40: Sarah Rosen Wartell, Executive Vice President, Center at American Progress 10:10:...
View ArticleSpeculation tax on financial transactions
WHEN: Monday, January 25, 2:00 p.m. EST WHERE: Cannon House Office Building, Room 121 (Independence Ave. & First St., S.E.) Washington, DC WHO: Robert Weissman (president of Public Citizen –...
View ArticleThe “Financial Consumers Association Act of 2010″
Senate Amendment 3772 At the end of title X, add the following: Subtitle I–Financial Consumers Association SEC. 1121. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the “Financial Consumers Association Act...
View ArticleConsumer Groups Support Creation of Financial Consumers’ Association (FCA)
From the letter: The nation’s financial industries have a significant effect on the daily lives of the nation’s consumers. Consumers need both a strong regulatory agency to oversee financial services...
View ArticleQuestions and Answers About The Financial Consumers’ Association (FCA)
The Financial Consumers’ Association Over the last ten years the financial industry has spent, through lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions, over $5 billion pushing for and winning...
View ArticleConsumers Need a Financial Consumers’ Association (FCA)
One of the most important measures we can advance to protect consumers and taxpayers is embodied in an amendment drafted by Senator Charles Schumer. Senator Schumer’s amendment (SA 3772) provides a...
View ArticleNader Supports Proferssor Elizabeth Warren for Consumer Financial Protection...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Letter to President Obama on Professor Elizabeth Warren Dear President Obama: It is time for you to give taxpayers, consumers, and investors a reason to believe that you are...
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