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The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Alex Dumortier	One Year Later: The Big Risk We're Still Facing This fundamental risk is larger than ever. Banks that are "too big to fail" benefit from an implicit taxpayer subsidy since their funding costs do not adequately reflect the risk of failure.
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The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Rich Duprey	Obama's Glass Ceiling Resurrecting the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act won't solve anything.
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BusinessWeek April 15, 2010 James Pressley	Too Big to Prevail? MIT's Simon Johnson and co-author James Kwak deliver a harsh take on U.S. banking.
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The Motley Fool January 14, 2010 Alex Dumortier	The Riskiest, Most Profitable Bank of All While the Fed won't suffer the same fate as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers or Northern Rock, a run on the dollar (or even just an orderly decline) could turn out to be the direct equivalent of a run on the (central) bank.
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The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	More Proof That Wall Street Is Winning The financial reform bill that a congressional committee put the finishing touches on last week was proof enough that Wall Street, not Washington, has the upper hand in this postmeltdown world.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2011 Cindy Johnson	What's Scarier Than a Bailout Bank? What could be scarier than a bank that's "too big to fail"? A bank that isn't. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s list of banks that have failed consists mostly of regional and community banks the government is willing to let go.
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The Motley Fool June 18, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	Financial Reform Is a Joke Congress has completely missed its opportunity to make the financial system safer.
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Bank Systems & Technology February 8, 2010 Penny Crosman	How the Volcker Rule Would Affect Banks Former Federal Reserve chair Paul Volcker himself says only the four or five largest U.S. banks are too large and would need to adjust to his proposed rules prohibiting proprietary trading.
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The Motley Fool February 18, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Greenspan Finally Gets It Right on Banks Federal Reserve ex-Chairman Alan Greenspan recommends that the government consider wholesale bank nationalization, calling it "the least bad solution."
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The Motley Fool May 18, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger	The Man Behind the SAFE Banking Act on Fixing Wall Street Senator Ted Kaufman discusses why, despite the defeat of his SAFE banking amendment, there is still hope for real reform.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2010 Housel & Moscovitz	Now's Your Chance to End Too Big to Fail The best way we can make a difference is for all of us to contact our senators now, and tell them that we need them to support the SAFE Banking Act to put hard caps on bank size and end the need for taxpayer bailouts.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2009 Morgan Housel	Ex-Citigroup Chief: You're Right, That Was Dumb You should listen to him. John Reed's comments are one of the strongest signals yet that major bank reform is not only necessary, but gaining support.
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The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Morgan Housel	Warren Buffett Is Wrong on This One All derivatives should be regulated -- even Buffett's.
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