A panel of economic and financial experts will discuss the ramifications of living in the wake of the great credit bubble of the twenty-first century.

Since 1999, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which consists of the bank supervisors of almost all developed countries, has been struggling to adopt a new capital adequacy framework for commercial banks. The Basel Committee’s bank capital proposal, known as Basel II, has been amended several times and still has...

At this AEI event, Mark C. Brickell and R. Christopher Whalen will outline opposing views of credit default swaps.

Jefferson County, Alabama, may become the largest municipal bankruptcy in history. According to one of our panelists, “Jefferson County has to declare bankruptcy. The county needs protection from creditors, from bankers, from politicians--and from itself.” Having issued $3.2 billion in adjustable-rate sewer bonds, Jefferson County--in an attempt to hedge its...

At this event, our expert Deflating Bubble panel will define the lessons of the whole twenty-first-century financial experience and make related recommendations for future financial policy.

Alex J. Pollock was interviewed by Institutional Risk Analytics to discuss his ideas for abolishing the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the need for meaningful financial reform legislation.