The Globalist

The election of Donald Trump could spell disaster for anti-corruption efforts in the U.S. and abroad.

Are US regulators making it easier for Wall Street to return to pre-crash behaviors and export them to the world?

Why have bankers and their lobbyists been so successful in stymieing efforts to rein in the financial sector?

How did the U.S. election of 1980 and the British election a century prior lay the groundwork for each country’s decline?

What are the potential costs if Wall Street is successful in weakening the Dodd-Frank financial regulations?

Has increasing financial concentration improved the economic function of finance — the effective allocation of credit?

What is it about U.S. and UK financial and foreign policy elites that has them engage so willingly in excessive risk-taking?

Are financial industry complaints about the alleged costs of regulation justified? Or does history prove they are without merit?

Is the current financial landscape too complex for any self-styled J.P. Morgan to master?

What steps can be taken to build a financial system that is better able to withstand future crises?