24 June 2011

A Little Known American Economic Hero

Brooksley Born was forced out of office during the Clinton administration for trying to use her authority to regulate derivative's trading in 1996. Her efforts were the sort of thing that would have restrained some of the subversive effects of derivatives trading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooksley_Born

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