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Toward a New Secondary Mortgage Market
There is a simple and sensible way to finally achieve comprehensive housing finance reform in the U
.S.. The approach proposed in this paper is to amend the charters of Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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Rx for Innovation: Recommendations for the New Administration
FasterCures wants President-elect Donald Trump to be ready to address biomedical innovation on day
one.
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California's Innovation-Based Economy: Policies to Maintain and Enhance It
To maintain its leadership in innovation, California must provide a competitive business environmen
t in which prospective and existing companies can conduct research.
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Casualties of War: Milken Institute Review Second Quarter 2015
The dominance of the U.S. financial system in global economic activity generates huge benefits for
the United States - not least by giving Washington a potent means to strangle terrorism.
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Currency Manipulation Provisions Do Not Belong in Trade Agreements
Demands for provisions to stop currency manipulation by foreign governments have become central to
the congressional debate over proposed trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, under
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FinTech: Building a 21st-Century Regulator’s Toolkit
From new digital payment systems and the use of digital or electronic currencies to the use of data
analytics and the creation of online investment and finance platforms, FinTech developments are already having an impact on traditional financial markets
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Proxy Advisory Firms, Governance, Market Failure, and Regulation
Proxy advisory firms have arisen due to market failures underlying voting and the broader system of
corporate governance. However, proxy advisory firms, which are not subject to mandatory regulation, reflect market failures of their own.
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A Conversation About Housing Finance Reform
Milken Institute and Urban Institute experts discuss a draft bill under discussion as of March 2018
in the Senate Banking Committee to reform the housing finance system.
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Bank Competition and Opacity
When banks manipulate financial statements to smooth earnings, circumvent capital requirements, and
reduce taxes, investors are unable to accurately evaluate their performance.
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Payday Lending: Does Regulation Depend on Which Party Holds Power?
When a borrower receives a so-called “payday loan,” he or she writes a check that is postdated to t
he next payday or signs over permission for the lender to make an electronic withdrawal of the amount borrowed, plus fees, on that day.
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Comments_on_the_Department_of_the_Treasury_TREAS_Notice.pdf
The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) provided written comments to the Department
of the Treasury regarding expanding access to credit through online marketplace lending.
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Testimony: What’s in it for the United States? On the Constitutionality and Legitimacy of the Financial Stability Board (and International Financial Regulation)
Written Testimony of
Chris Brummer, J.D., Ph.D.
Senate Banking Committee
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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