Jeff Connaughton

Five Years After the Collapse, The Debate Over Financial Regulation Rages On

Five years ago this Sunday, financial services firm Lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy, triggering the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression–a crisis that reverberated throughout the world. Some say we’ve turned a corner, and that the regulations instituted since the financial crisis are sufficient to prevent another crash like the one we suffered in […]

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