“Batting 8th Today . . .” To a blogger, making RealClearMarkets.com is a bit like a novelist being mentioned on Oprah’s book list: it delivers an instant, nationwide “pop” in your traffic (actually, international — RealClearMarkets.com reaches readers in dozens of countries, not to mention senior policy makers in Washington, Wall Street-types, etc.). So, it’s...Read More
Protecting Consumers From Banks It turns out that Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren will head the new Consumer Protection Financial Bureau, after all. The Bureau, which Warren proposed creating, is charged with ensuring that “consumers are protected from unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices and from discrimination.” Seeing as how millions of consumers are routinely...Read More
