The benefits would be worth discussing, if only things weren't so far gone. Just in the last 15 years we've had two bubbles, rampant commodity speculation, tax-payer bailouts, more reckless investing by too-big-to-fail banks (Chase), and then there's LIBOR. All of this has had global consequences.
It's not a matter of discussing the merits of regulation anymore, it's a matter of dealing with the notion that these institutions just don't care. They've successfully infiltrated our government, and that's pretty much where we're at. We're going to sit here and discuss what?
It's not a matter of discussing the merits of regulation anymore, it's a matter of dealing with the notion that these institutions just don't care. They've successfully infiltrated our government, and that's pretty much where we're at. We're going to sit here and discuss what?