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Fixing the Financial Crisis

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Read the NBR team's thoughts about the nation's financial problems. Then post your comments.Image of talk bubbles.

Fixing Credit Rating Agencies

posted by Stephanie Dhue

Diagnosing the failures that created the financial crisis is a lot easier than fixing them. Credit rating agencies are just one example. The conflicts of interest inherent in their business models have been clear for years. Remember.... + More

Fixing Wall Street

posted by Erika Miller

In the course of researching tonight's story for the "Fixing the Financial Crisis" series, I came across some interesting predictions from a variety of sources that I wasn't able to include: 1. Wall Street's lower compensation... + More

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NBR's list of websites you can visit for more info about fixing the financial crisis. Broken Piggy Bank with bandages

Brookings

Government Accountability Office

HBS Working Knowledge

International Monetary Fund

Peterson Institute

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An NBR Series - Premieres November 11, 2008
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In the October series "Anatomy of a Financial Crisis," NBR examined the roles the private sector, the government, and consumers played in creating our current financial crisis. This series of reports moves the story forward by focusing on solutions.

"Fixing the Financial Crisis" looks at three areas of finance that will be transformed as a result of mistakes made -- Wall Street, U.S. regulatory agencies, and the global financial system. Each report contains the details you need to understand the real complexity of solving this problem.

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Wall Street

November 11, 2008

Erika Miller finds out how Wall Street will operate without a standalone investment bank.
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The Regulators

November 12, 2008

Stephanie Dhue examines the changes coming to financial regulatory agencies.
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International Financial System

November 13, 2008

Suzanne Pratt reports on the shakeup already taking place in global finance.
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Reports on the financial crisis, regulation, and more from NBR's archives.

Special Series - October 28, 2008

Anatomy of a Financial Crisis

Special Section

Bailout

July 7, 2008

The SEC/Federal Reserve Information Sharing Pact

February 22, 2008

Blog - Is Disclosure the Best Regulation?

September 10, 2007

Commentary - Finding Fault in the Mortgage Mess