DODD-FRANK: A LAW LIKE NO OTHER

November 3-6, 2013

In response to the financial crisis of 2008, Congress passed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, better known as Dodd-Frank. But it doesn’t appear to have the effect of preventing the conditions that led to the financial crisis—indeed, it appears to exacerbate them. And from a constitutional perspective, it sets up a regulatory apparatus whose independence is unprecedented.

This second CCA of the 2013-2014 academic year, co-sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, will examine the causes of the 2008 crisis, the politics of financial regulation, and the effects of Dodd-Frank on the economy and on the rule of law.