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The global economic crisis brings into relief differences among nations as they tackle financial regulation. A look at principles behind U.S. and European systems.

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Thinkers have long pondered how individuals, markets and governments interact in economic systems.

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World leaders on the state of global financial systems

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Two Prominent Economists Debate Pros and Cons of Regulation

In a webcast debate, Allan Meltzer jousted intellectually with Stuart Mackintosh on the pros and cons of regulation as a means to avert another financial crisis.

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Will Financial Crisis Bring U.S.-EU Regulatory Convergence?

Efforts to mitigate the financial crisis have U.S. and European regulators working together, but differences between the two systems will likely remain.

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The notion that financial markets are self-correcting if left to themselves has fallen into disfavor as a result of the current economic crisis. Joel Trachtman and George Soros contend that regulation is needed to avoid economic calamities in the future.

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The global economic crisis brings into relief differences among nations as they tackle financial regulation. A look at principles behind U.S. and European systems.

Timeline

Thinkers have long pondered how individuals, markets and governments interact in economic systems.

Photo Gallery

World leaders on the state of global financial systems

In Their Words

Two Prominent Economists Debate Pros and Cons of Regulation

Article

Will Financial Crisis Bring U.S.-EU Regulatory Convergence?

In Focus