that exempted over-the-counter derivatives like credit-default swaps from regulation
Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banks from Wall Street
legitimize the
notion that practically any adult could handle a big fat mortgage
disciple of libertarian icon Ayn Rand
his long-standing disdain for regulation are now held up as leading causes of the mortgage crisis
Cox oversaw the dwindling SEC staff and a sharp drop in action against some traders
running the country's economic policy for
the last year of the Bush Administration
was late to
the party in battling the financial crisis, letting Lehman Brothers
fail was a big mistake and the big bailout bill he pushed through
Congress has been a wasteful mess
founding member of AIG's financial-products unit
lying about borrowers' qualifications
clipped from: www.time.com 
