Brinksmanship and the Return of Financial Crisis
Category: POLITICS
A government shutdown once again loomed, and familiar deadlines and ultimatums flew around Washington. And Congress just used the threat to loosen the rules created in the wake of the financial crisis, a victory for Wall Street banks in their constant and well-funded campaign against reform.
By Wallace Turbeville, ContributorSenior Fellow, Demos, 2014-12-15