Dodd-Frank’s “Resolution Authority”: Not Too Little. Just Too Late.

By Emily Eisenlohr | September 22, 2016

TBTF bank CEOs were quick to support the Dodd-Frank “resolution authority”, stating that banks should be allowed to fail. This was a game. Dodd-Frank clarified and strengthened the ability of the government to bail out failing banks. When systemic banks fail, the whole system goes down, as we saw in 2008. If the intent is…

Derivatives and Too-Big-To-Fail Banks: Creating Systemic Risk

By Emily Eisenlohr | April 7, 2016

This speech was delivered to the New York Society of Security Analysts on December 3, 2104, as part of a conference on systemic risk. I’ve tried to insert the slides with the reader in mind. I was at the time chair of NYSSA’s Market Integrity Committee’s subcommittee on systemic risk, an extremely awkward role. 70%…

The Hidden Underbelly of the Auto Bailout

By Emily Eisenlohr | February 24, 2012

Candidates for President from both parties play to voters’ disgust for bailouts. On February 24th the Detroit News reported that President Obama’s campaign launched an ad in Michigan claiming the Republican candidates had turned their backs on GM. Mitt Romney has frequently publicly criticized the government auto bailout. In his January State of the Union speech President…

Let the dialog begin!

By Emily Eisenlohr | March 24, 2010

I launched this blog as part of an effort to challenge systemic risk, more popularly called Too Big To Fail.

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