Macroeconomic Updates

Professor Brandl continues the class discussion of economic issues

Entries from August 2009

When We Only Talk to Us

June 23rd, 2009 · Filed under: Reform

Posted by Michael Brandl

This week the University of Texas Longhorns baseball team is in the college world series against LSU. I have had some interesting conversations with fans of Texas A&M who refuse to pull for the Longhorns despite the fact Texas A&M and UT are in the same conference. These Aggies argue that they are always “against” [...]

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Financial Market Reform We Could Believe In

June 16th, 2009 · Filed under: Finance · Reform

Posted by Michael Brandl

This week the Obama Administration will formally lay out its so-called “reform” of financial market regulation.  Early reports tell us the “reforms” will be little more than what is already being discussed in Congress:

an attempt to hold loan originators to be more accountable by requiring them to hold 5% of the credit risk of [...]

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