Four Intriguing Ideas for How to Fix the Banks

Bloomberg BusinessWeek: A lot of people have the sneaking suspicion that the 2008-09 financial crisis could repeat itself because reform efforts—such as the Dodd-Frank Act—haven’t gone far enough. But they’re not sure what to do about that.

Enter Americans for Financial Reform and the Roosevelt Institute with some proposed solutions that are bound to be unpopular with the big banks and their shareholders. Today those organizations gave reporters an early look at papers that will be presented at a Nov. 12 conference in Washington, “An Unfinished Mission: Making Wall Street Work for Us.”

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