Renter's Insurance, Insuring Rents Rortybomb

Mike

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:32:48 GM

Rortybomb. · Renter's Insurance, Insuring Rents. Posted in Uncategorized by Mike on March 5, 2010. I'd like to note Lawrence Lessig's writeup of Wednesday's conference (sorry about the bad streaming/sound​ online some have told me about; ...

Rules, Discretion

Mike

ue, 09 Mar 2010 14:37:56 GM

I like Steve Waldman's post getting between the arguments of The Epicurean Dealmaker (TED) and Yves Smith over the issue of rules versus discretion in resolution authority. TED: But I continue to maintain that the law authorizing the ...

Video From the Make Markets Be Markets Conference Online

Mike

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:10:51 GM

Video of the Make Markets Be Markets conference is finally online. Here's the pdf of the final report. Here it is broken up by presenter at vimeo, and at youtube, with the vimeo video being higher quality. ...

CFPA II, Some Additional Thoughts Rortybomb

Mike

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:26:42 GM

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : A Unified Theory of Spitzerism said, on March 1, 2010 at 12:27 pm. [...] effectively, but it hasn't and it won't unless we find the right people. Mike Konczal of . Rortybomb. takes that point a step [. ...

CFPA I, Preemption, or What a Bad CFPA Would Look Like

Mike

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:19:56 GM

So from Felix Salmon comes word that an independent agency with its own source of funding would be established to regulate all federally chartered banks. The agency would have two divisions: one to conduct prudential regulation and one ...

Stagnant Wages and the Financial Bubble Rortybomb

Mike

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:56:22 GM

soon on the living standards of the poor, but I first wanted to take some time to respond to Mike Konczal of . Rortybomb. . Mike argues that incomes have stagnated since 1999, which coincides with a dramatic rise in [...] ...

Towards a 21st Century Glass-Steagall

Mike

hu, 21 Jan 2010 14:57:44 GM

Click here for a previous entry. 21st Century Glass-Steagall.​ So there's now word that, following the advice of former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and others, President Obama will move to take a stronger position on financial ...

Make Markets Be Markets Conference, March 3rd 2010 Rortybomb

Mike

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:33:40 GM

Rortybomb. · Make Markets Be Markets Conference, March 3rd 2010. Posted in Uncategorized by Mike on March 1, 2010. So it's good that financial reform is coming to a head this week, because it times well with what I and the rest of the ...

Some quick notes on this Friday. Rortybomb

Mike

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:12:54 GM

Skip to search - Accesskey = s. . Rortybomb. · Some quick notes on this Friday. Posted in Uncategorized by Mike on January 15, 2010. FCIC. Full blogging of the FCIC is complete, over at New Deal 2.0. Please do check it out. ...

Cognition and Vanilla Options

Mike

hu, 07 Jan 2010 15:03:14 GM

Quick thought experiment: I'm the King of . Rortybomb. Island, and you want to open a casino on my island. I know many people will enjoy this, but many people won't but won't be able to prevent themselves from going to the casino, ...

Vanilla Option, Extra Scoop

Mike

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:28:09 GM

Interfluidity is back (and stay back!) with a post about the vanilla option, which is highly recommended. I want to expand on two points he brings up. Commoditization​. Vanilla products would turn basic financial services into a ...

Mortgage Servicing Performance I: Underwater and That Social Trust ...

Mike

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:41:42 GM

Rortybomb. · Mortgage Servicing Performance I: Underwater and That Social Trust Thing. Posted in Uncategorized by Mike on January 27, 2010. Recap. Steve Waldman of interfluidity has an interview up at mortgage calculator where he ...

Inequality Forum at Cato Unbound Rortybomb

Mike

hu, 15 Oct 2009 20:34:11 GM

Rortybomb. writes: What good is money for? Well, in a liberal society, it's good for two things: more things and more autonomy. The things part is down as Will is quick to point, goods at the lower end of the consumption scale are ...

The Financial Autopsy CFPA Amendment

Mike

ue, 20 Oct 2009 15:21:52 GM

I've just been informed by people in Washington DC that there is a newly proposed amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, an amendment that I find promising. Here is a first draft: Today we will offer the Financial ...

Did Regulation Cause the Financial Crisis?

Mike

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:24:53 GM

(Cross posted at The Atlantic Business Channel.) The role regulators played in the current financial crisis is a critical question as the Treasury Department gets set to take on bank regulation in the next few months. ...

"http:// rortybomb .wordpress.com/2010/02/05/a-roadmap-of-the-shadow ...

Don the libertarian Democrat

ue, 09 Feb 2010 21:09:10 GM

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Constitutional Financial Innovation

Mike

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:11:17 GM

constitution1. I had a number of interesting conversations over the weekend about housing derivatives. People have reminded me that are plenty of derivatives that trade without being able to purchase the underlying, an obvious one being ...

Libertarianism and Culture Rortybomb

Mike

ue, 27 Oct 2009 16:37:32 GM

Rortybomb. · Libertarianism and Culture. Posted in Uncategorized by Mike on October 27, 2009. Libertarian Kerry Howley has a fascinating piece at Reason: Are Property Rights Enough? Should libertarians care about cultural values? ...

Links 2/1/10 Rortybomb

Asif2BD

ue, 02 Feb 2010 17:53:23 GM

Allow me to reiterate that the dotcom polo won't become vintage until people actually learn how to make money from the Internet. I'd stay with the Doc Martens to be safe. Then again, my only participation in 90s mass culture was Beanie ...

Too Big To Save? Discussion Event at CAP Today Rortybomb

Mike

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:14:54 GM

Rortybomb. · Too Big To Save? Discussion Event at CAP Today. Posted in Uncategorized by Mike on January 8, 2010. Sorry for short notice, but if you are around Washington DC this lunch time, Center for American Progress is hosting a ...