Ben Bernanke: “It is very important to have a good education system, and we are not doing well on that count.”

Undesirable boom-bust cycles that ultimately lead to both a less stable economy and higher inflation

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

Financial risk tends to migrate around regulatory obstacles like a river flows around rocks.

Lower paid workers, as well as women and minorities, are over-represented in the most affected sectors, and, thus, have borne a disproportionate share of the job and income losses.