Ben Bernanke: “The goal of the Volcker Rule is to reduce risk taking by institutions.”

We can't defund the police. We need police, but there are concerns about police community relations and police behavior.

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

Congress needs to do whatever it takes to address the economic crisis.

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.