Here are the Powerpoint slides I used during my lunchtime speech at the Northeast Business and Economics Association meeting in Worcester, MA on Nov 7, 2009. We had a great discussion following the presentation on a wide variety of topics including the importance of getting our students to see the connections between finance and [...]
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NBEA speech
November 16th, 2009 · Filed under: Economic Meltdown · Finance · Reform
Posted by Michael Brandl
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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Professor Michael Brandl, an economist at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses current economic issues with his former students and those who might be interested in partaking in the conversation. See his 