Ben Bernanke said...

We have just finalized new capital requirements that banks have to hold against these assets for sale, these securities,...

making derivatives safer is very important, part of solving Too Big to Fail and preventing another financial crisis.

The crisis was an enormous waste of resources, and unsafe practices by large financial institutions pose a risk not just...

The economy needed help from Congress--if not from additional spending (on roads and bridges for example), then at least...