Frank Assessment

For Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, the lesson of the subprime mortgage crisis is simple: Financial markets need more regulation.

For Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, the lesson of the subprime mortgage crisis is simple: Financial markets need more regulation. “We have had the worst of both worlds -- great innovation accompanied by deregulation,” Frank told Alpha in an interview last month. “You get real regulatory gaps, and the time has come to think about how to close them."Hedge

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