FEI January 19 Meeting
Speaker: Loren Steffy
The Houston Chronicle
The Outlook for Financial Reform
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Houston Country Club (map)
1 Potomac Drive - Houston
Dinner & Presentation - 6:30 pm
The Outlook for Financial Reform
Loren Steffy - Business Columnist
The Houston Chronicle
A year and a half after the failure of Lehman Brothers, Congress has done little to address finance reform other than to acknowledge the need. The Obama administration has alternated between talking tough and mollifying Wall Street. No sooner did Obama embrace the so-called Volcker Rule than Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner began backing away from it. Will we have financial reform in the U.S.? If so, what will it look like? What are the consequences of doing nothing? Is Wall Stre...