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The Market Has Spoken, and It Is Rigged

In the aftermath of the Barclays rate-fixing scandal, politicians and regulators need to act to restore the trust on which financial transactions must be based, an economist writes.

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What Romney Could Learn From the N.F.L.

Heavily regulated and thriving, the National Football League offers lessons as well as excitement, an economist writes.

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Gasoline Lines Are Unnecessary

Government intervention in the gasoline market made a hard situation worse, an economist writes.

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The Importance of Elizabeth Warren

In Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts has sent to the Senate a forceful advocate for consumers who is willing to stand up to the financial sector, an economist writes.

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Changing the Conventional Wisdom on Wall Street

The president faces a stark choice in nominating a new head for the Securities and Exchange Commission, between candidates committed to reform on Wall Street and those who are part of the problem, an...

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Mary Miller vs. Neil Barofsky for the S.E.C.

President Obama has the opportunity, in nominating a new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to pick someone committed to change rather than to protecting the biggest banks, an...

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Dropping the Ball on Financial Regulation

The opportunity to choose strong reformers to head key agencies may yield to the goal of pleasing prominent people in the financial sector, an economist writes.

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A Budget for Regulation

It's hard to assess the cost of government regulations unless the public is provided a clear accounting of what is spent and what the return is on that investment, an economist writes.

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Why 49 Is a Magic Number

Heavy regulation in France may provide a basis for assessing the cost of regulation in the United States, an economist writes.

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Betrayed by Basel

Faced with international regulations that go easy on the big banks, the United States should develop its own tighter rules and be prepared to implement them alone, an economist writes.

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