Prosperity Unleashed

Prosperity Unleashed

Smarter financial regulations to core regulatory problems that have existed in U.S. financial markets for decades. 

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Introduction to Prosperity Unleashed

Mar 1, 2017 26 min read

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Deposit Insurance, Bank Resolution, and Market Discipline

Mark Calabria

Feb 28, 2017 29 min read

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A Simple Proposal to Recapitalize the U.S. Banking System

Kevin Dowd

Feb 28, 2017 18 min read

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A Better Path for Mortgage Regulation

Diane Katz

Feb 28, 2017 27 min read

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Money and Banking Provisions

Norbert Michel

Aug 31, 2016 17 min read

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Securities Disclosure Reform

David R. Burton

Feb 13, 2017 About an hour read

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The Case for Federal 
Pre-Emption of State 
Blue Sky Laws

Rutherford Campbell

Feb 28, 2017 32 min read

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How to Reform Equity Market Structure

Daniel Gallagher

Feb 28, 2017 26 min read

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Reforming FINRA

David R. Burton

Feb 1, 2017 Over an hour read

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Reforming the Financial Regulators

Feb 28, 2017 About an hour read

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The World After Chevron

Paul J. Larkin

Sep 8, 2016 17 min read

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Transparency and Accountability at 
the SEC and at FINRA

Thaya Brook Knight

Feb 28, 2017 23 min read

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The Massive Federal Credit Racket

Diane Katz

Feb 14, 2017 43 min read

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Reforming Last-Resort Lending

George Selgin

Feb 28, 2017 30 min read

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Simple, Sensible Reforms for Housing Finance

Arnold Kling

Feb 28, 2017 14 min read

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A Pathway to Shutting Down the Federal Housing Finance Enterprises

John L. Ligon

Dec 21, 2016 20 min read

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Fixing the Regulatory Framework for Derivatives

Norbert Michel

Sep 14, 2016 28 min read

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Designing an Efficient Securities-Fraud Deterrence Regime

Amanda Rose

Feb 28, 2017 17 min read

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Financial Privacy in a Free Society

Sep 23, 2016 35 min read

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How Congress Should Protect 
Consumers’ Finances

Feb 28, 2017 18 min read

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Reducing Banks’ Incentives for Risk-Taking

Feb 28, 2017 20 min read

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Improving Entrepreneurs’ Access to Capital

David R. Burton

Feb 14, 2017 Over an hour read

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Federalism and FinTech


Brian Knight

Feb 28, 2017 35 min read

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A New Federal Charter for Financial Institutions

Feb 28, 2017 29 min read

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The Case Against Dodd–Frank

Norbert Michel

Apr 26, 2016 1 min read

Smarter financial regulations: solutions to core regulatory problems that have existed in U.S. financial markets for decades. Policymakers can implement these solutions to make U.S. financial markets more dynamic, resilient, equitable, and accountable than ever before. Policymakers should implement these solutions because a well-functioning financial sector results in a society with more goods and services, more employment opportunities, and higher incomes. A smoothly running financial system makes it easier and less costly to raise the capital necessary for launching or operating a business, to borrow money for buying or building a home, and to invest in ideas that improve productivity and increase wealth.

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