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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Proposed Financial Protection Office Draws Opponents


“Business and trade-group lobbyists are beating a path to Capitol Hill this week for the first major battle over the Obama administration’s efforts to overhaul the financial regulatory system.” (Washington Post, Thursday)

A false sense of security is worse than none at all.

FEE Timely Classic
“Bad Regulation Drives Out Good” by Sheldon Richman


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.