During two closed sessions before the luncheon, committee members discussed the latest in financial regulation issues. At a luncheon briefing following these sessions, SFRC members gave several statements and answered questions.

In a new book entitled “Financing Failure: A Century of Bailouts,” Vern McKinley provides the most detailed account yet of the government’s decision-making process during these momentous events.

On line registration for this event is closed. Walk in registrations will be accepted.The tax on dividends was reduced in 2003 to a maximum rate of 15 percent. During the debate over this law, scholars often expressed opposing views concerning the likely economic impact of lower dividend taxes....

Glen O. Robinson, the David A. Harrison Professor of Law and Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, will discuss the obligation that dominant firms have to deal with competitive rivals. He will explore refusals to deal in current regulatory controversies, specifically competitor...

Since Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush set forth their bold vision to "transform the relationship between their countries and establish a global partnership" in July 2005, the two governments have negotiated specific agreements on bilateral investment, the transfer of space technology, and deeper military-military ties....

The continuing sharp disparities in economic progress, democratic stability, and social justice among nations--a decade after the fall of communism, and in the face of the global spread of democratic--capitalist policies and institutions---have raised anew the issue of cultural inheritance as a central factor in development. The significance of...

This anthology uses the soul-shaping power of story, speech, and song to help Americans appreciate more fully who they are as citizens of the United States.