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Michael S. Barr

In the News 2013

December 11th, 2013, businessweek.com: Clea Benson and Dave Michaels; Banks’ World Under Dodd-Frank Takes Shape With Volcker Rule.

December 9th, 2013, bloomberg.com: Phil Mattingly and Cheyenne Hopkins; Glass-Steagall Fans Plan New Assault If Volcker Rule Deemed Weak.

December 2013, americanbanker.com: The Cool Kids of Finance Join the Peer-to-Peer Bandwagon.

November 13th, 2013, americanbanker.com: Sarah Todd; Lending Club Adds Former Treasury Official, Google Exec to Advisory Board.

November 6th, 2013, marketplace.org: David Gura; A commission without commissioners.

November 1st, 2013, American Banker: Joe Adler; How Bank-Defeated 'Plan-Vanilla' Mortgage Requirements Live On.

September 24th, 2013, thedeal.com: Ronald D. Orol; What too-big-to-fail banks should expect from Yellen.

September 21st, 2013, washingtonpost.com: Ezra Klein; Summers lost because liberals don’t trust Obama on financial reform.

September 19th, 2013, latimes.com: David Lazarus; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is keeping banks in check.

September 18th, 2013, moneynews.com: Michael Kling; Former Treasury Official: Another Financial Crisis in 5 Years Is Possible.

September 15th, 2013, cnbc.com: Michael S. Barr; Remember 'Lehman Weekend': Don't let up on reforms.

September 13th, 2013, marketplace.org: David Gura; Summers at center of unusually public fight over Fed.

September 5th, 2013, ft.com: Robin Harding and Richard McGregor; Fed nomination prospects bring focus on Lawrence Summers’s past.

September 4th, 2013, washingtonpost.com: Zachary A. Goldfarb; Why Obama might tap Summers for Fed despite harsh criticism from left.

September 4th, 2013, bloomberg.com: Silla Brush & Robert Schmidt; How the Bank Lobby Loosened U.S. Reins on Derivatives.

August 22nd, 2013, chron.com: Steve Matthews; Proving CEOs overpaid for luck helped stir pay backlash.

August 22nd, 2013, bloomberg.com: Julianna Goldman & Ian Katz; Summers as Obama Voice of Authority Rides Car Rescue in Fed Race.

August 19th, 2013, reuters.com: Ann Saphir; Analysis: In choice of next Fed chair, a focus on regulatory views.

August 14th, 2013, usatoday.com: Darrell Delamaide; Delamaide: U.S. ahead in advancing bank reforms.

August 13th, 2013, nytimes.com: Binyamin Appelbaum;
Divining the Regulatory Goals of Fed Rivals.

August 13th, 2013, marketwatch.com: Greg Robb; Cartoonish view of Summers as pro-Wall Street ignores more recent history.

August 12th, 2013, bostonglobe.com: Michael S. Barr; Larry Summers attuned to both market and middle class.

August 7th, 2013, bostonglobe.com: Matt Viser; Despite ties, Warren, Summers paths are diverging.

August 5th, 2013, video.cnbc.com: Will Larry Summers lead the Fed?

August 5th, 2013, politico.com: Ben White; July jobs rewind - Embassy closings extended - Cantor would compromise on sequester.

August 1st, 2013, mobile.bloomberg.com: Ezra Klein; Six of Janet Yellen or Half-Dozen of Larry Summers?

July 30th, 2013, politico.com: Ben White and Patrick Reis; There's something about Larry Summers.

July 29th, 2013, project-syndicate.org: Michael S. Barr; Keep Financial Regulation Out of US-EU Trade Talks.
 

July 21st, 2013, ft.com: Michael Barr and John Vickers; Banks need far more structural reform to be safe.

July 20th, 2013, washingtonpost.com: Mike Konczal; If Dodd-Frank doesn’t work, here are four things that could.

July 20th, 2013, washingtonpost.com: Mike Konczal; Does Dodd-Frank work? We asked 16 experts to find out.

July 17th, 2013, finance.yahoo.com: Michael Barr; Financial Reform, On a Roll.

June 5th, 2013, mobile.bloomberg.com: Dave Michaels; SEC Unites Opponents on Money Fund Rule With Floating-Share Plan - Bloomberg.

June 4th, 2013, ft.com: Tom Braithwaite; US regulators name groups for more supervision.

May 2013, Ekonom: Europe Shot Itself In The Foot With Austerity.

May 21st, 2013, prague.usembassy.gov: Michael S. Barr; Financial Regulation After the Crisis: Stay Vigilant On Reform, Says Architect of U.S. Legislation.

May 20th, 2013, thenation.com: Gary Rivlin; How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank.

May 14th, 2013, npr.org: All Things Considered; Democrats Skeptical of Replublican 'Debt Prioritization' Bill.

April 30th, 2013, thenation.com: Gary Rivlin; How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank.

April 3rd, 2013, Nightly Business Report: Investors are pouring money into U.S. ETFs.

March 11th, 2013, metrotrends.org: Gregory Mills; Let the Borrower Beware: Facing the Facts about Payday Loans and Pawnshops.

March 4th, 2013, finance.yahoo.com: Michael Barr; Is Housing Finance Reform Coming at Last?

February 18th, 2013, economist.com: Michael Barr on financing the poor; A C+ for retail banks.

February 16th, 2013, economist.com: Finance and the American poor, Margin calls.

February 12th, 2013, bloomberg.com: Phil Mattingly; Obama S&P Case Started When Toxic Debt Masqueraded as AAA.

February 12th, 2013, realclearmarkets.com: Michael Barr; Obama's SOTU Should Promote a Continued Path to Financial Reform.

January 25th, 2013, cnbc.com: Barr: Tim Geithner's True Legacy.

January 11th, 2013, thedailybeast.com: Matthew Zeitlin; Is Lew a Financial Regulator?

January 11th, 2013, nbcchicago.com: Jim Kuhnenn; Obama Nominates Budget Expert Jack Lew to Treasury.

January 10th, 2013, blogs.wsj.com: Alan Zibel; What Will Lew’s View Be on the Future of Fannie, Freddie?

January 10th, 2013, latimes.com: Jim Puzzanghera and Christi Parsons; Jacob J. Lew, White House chief of staff, to get Treasury nod.

January 2nd, 2013, blogs.marketwatch.com: Greg Robb; With debt limit in limbo, will Geithner stay on?