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Wasting a Crisis: Why Securities Regulation Fails
Paul G. Mahoney
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Description for Wasting a Crisis: Why Securities Regulation Fails
Hardcover. Offers persuasive research to show that the almost universally accepted narrative of market failure - broadly similar across financial crises - is formulated by political actors hoping to deflect blame from prior policy errors. It shows that lax regulation was not a substantial cause of the financial problems of the Great Depression. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 halftone, 7 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: LAZ; LND; LNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
The recent financial crisis led to sweeping reforms that inspired countless references to the financial reforms of the New Deal. Comparable to the reforms of the New Deal in both scope and scale, the 2,300 - page Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 - the main regulatory reform package introduced in the United States - also shared with New Deal reforms the assumption that the underlying cause of the crisis was misbehavior by securities market participants, exacerbated by lax regulatory oversight. With Wasting a Crisis, Paul G. Mahoney offers persuasive research to show that this now almost universally accepted narrative of market ... Read more
The recent financial crisis led to sweeping reforms that inspired countless references to the financial reforms of the New Deal. Comparable to the reforms of the New Deal in both scope and scale, the 2,300 - page Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 - the main regulatory reform package introduced in the United States - also shared with New Deal reforms the assumption that the underlying cause of the crisis was misbehavior by securities market participants, exacerbated by lax regulatory oversight. With Wasting a Crisis, Paul G. Mahoney offers persuasive research to show that this now almost universally accepted narrative of market ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226236513
SKU
V9780226236513
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About Paul G. Mahoney
Paul G. Mahoney is dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he is also the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law and the Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law.
Reviews for Wasting a Crisis: Why Securities Regulation Fails
"Mahoney casts the foundational securities laws of the New Deal in a completely different light, going behind the assertions of contemporary commentators and providing compelling evidence that we ought to question their accuracy. This is a truly important book and a timely addition of a powerful contrarian view to today's policy discussions that tend to have a one-sided focus on ... Read more