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Last week, four senators that include Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced a bill to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.
The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act, as it's called, would bring back many of the provisions of the former law and strengthen language to limit financial speculation by the big banks, reduce risk, and attempt to end "Too Big to Fail" once and for all.
The original legislation, called The Banking Act of 1933 but commonly referred to as Glass-Steagall, was partly repealed by Congress in 1999 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. But by the time Glass-Steagall was repealed, the law had already been watered down and full of loopholes that left the U.S. economy highly vulnerable to a financial crisis.
Many economists believe that the partial repeal of this law was responsible for the recent financial crisis.
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Garrett Baldwin is a globally recognized research economist, financial writer, and consultant with degrees from Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Purdue, and Indiana University. He is a seasoned financial and political risk analyst, with a focus on stocks, hedge funds, private equity, blockchain, and housing policy. He has conducted risk assessment projects for clients in 27 countries, and consulted on policy and financial operations for some of the nation's largest financial institutions, including a $1.5 trillion credit fund, a $43 billion credit and auto loan giant, as well as two of the largest Wall Street banks by assets under management.
Garrett joined Money Map Press as an economist and researcher in 2011, specializing in alternative strategies with an emphasis on fundamental and technical analysis.
Just tell me where a Poor Man can send the biggest check ever donated to any One, or, Organization – – on GS. It should have never been repealed. The brighter and more education one has; the TIGHTER the REGULATIONS must be Written. ALL Members of the Wall Street Crowd work in a Culture of Criminality. They Produce Nothing! Rent Seekers and Sleight of Hand, Robber Barons – – they are. Most disgusting human beings on the Planet.
SO TRUE!! WHEN WILL THE REST OF AMERICA WAKE UP???
Elizabeth Warren, Shelia Bair, Meredith Whitney, David Walker, David Stockman; and Commenter – – Shah, make up my, "Dream Team," of Regulators; whose Political Stars are Rising. Word to the Wise; don't f . . . with Elizabeth Warren; she has a huge following; after Karl Rowe under minded her for the Consumer Protection Division. These people are the only one's capable of reining in the Predators on Wall Street. They KNOW the Business better than the Pin-stripes; and, they know where the Bodies are Buried. They are also above, reproach.
YEAH FOR THE HONEST AND TRUE!