He is now the Director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute.

VOA: special.2011.06.24

"Action has also been taken in Britain,America and Australia, and many other countries to tighten financial regulation and we are bringing regulatory structures into line with the reality of global 21st century financial markets,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Republicans on the financial services committee, including Representative Scott Garrett, voiced concerns that greater regulation may not be effective.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

This is the third time in a week that Mr.Obama has proposed tougher regulation of financial institutions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

While banks in the United States have historically been subject to robust government regulation, non-bank financial firms have been allowed to operate with a freer hand.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

France and Germany said Tuesday that the G-20 summit must produce stricter financial market regulation and should not rely so heavily on stimulus spending and taxpayer bailouts.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

French President Nicholas Sarkozy even told an interviewer that he might walk out of the summit, if nations fail to agree on stricter regulation of global financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Secretary Geithner told the House Financial Services Committee Thursday that it has become clear there is a need for better and tougher regulation in a complex and flawed financial system.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

But I think he should have seen it coming,". In congressional testimony, Bernanke has placed much of the blame for the 2008 financial meltdown on lax governmental regulation of banks and other entities as authorized by Congress, rather than the monetary policy he oversaw.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

"The current financial crisis has clearly demonstrated that risk to the financial system can arise not only in the banking sector, but also from the activities of other financial firms, such as investment banks and insurance companies that traditionally have not been subject to the type of regulation and consolidated supervision applicable to bank holding companies,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.01