Chris Dodd: “What is extremely important in dealing with the mortgage crisis is to reach out to as many people as possible.”

The truth is that the catastrophe was years in the making caused by regulatory negligence and Wall Street gambling.

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

It's far more complicated than a common language.

In fact, it was the uncertainty inherent in a nontransparent and reckless financial system that made Dodd-Frank necessary in the first place.