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January 31, 2025

Trump’s Deregulation of Wall Street Is Going to Economically Crush Main Street Americans

The facts detailed below demonstrate that the financial industry has been deeply deregulated on a bipartisan basis for most of the past 44 years. As a result, the financial industry is already…

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January 30, 2025

The SEC’s Whistleblower Program Is Key to Protecting the Economy and Main Street Americans’ Wallets

Below is the Overview of the report. Read the full report here or click the button below. Overview The US economy, businesses, jobs, and standard of living depend on the capital…

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January 21, 2025

California’s Homeowners, Business Owners, Banks, and Financial Safety Net Burned by Fires

By Shayna Olesiuk | Director of Banking Policy Below is the introduction of the report. Read the full report here or click the button below. Introduction Californians have long feared “The Big…

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January 14, 2025

Unregulated Financial Influencers: Safeguarding Investors in the Digital Age

Below is the introduction of the report. Read the full report here or click the button below. Introduction Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan—when most people think of these celebrities,…

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November 18, 2024

The Rise of the Private Markets Poses Risks for Retail Investors and Capital Formation

By Benjamin Schiffrin | Director of Securities Policy November 18, 2024 Our new report explains that the private markets have seen explosive growth over the last two decades. This growth…

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September 26, 2024

Better Markets 2024 Supreme Court Report

The report is available here and a fact sheet summarizing the report is here. The Supreme Court Has Intensified Its Assault on Federal Agencies and Impaired Their Ability To Protect…

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October 12, 2023

RAP Sheet Report 2023: Wall Street’s Ongoing Crime Spree

For years, Better Markets has been tracking the enforcement actions against the nation’s six largest banks (the “Six Megabanks”), along with some of the most prominent civil cases. The number of actions…

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May 15, 2023

Banking Crisis Exemplifies the Fed’s Enforcement Failures: Here’s What to Do About It

Below is the Introduction to the Report. Read the full Report here. The failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Silvergate Bank, and First Republic Bank—as well as the ongoing banking…

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March 23, 2023

The Ongoing Use and Abuse of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Financial Regulation

Better Markets released a report entitled “The Ongoing Use and Abuse of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Financial Regulation”: Why It Matters. Preserving the ability of regulators to adopt the rules we need to…

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