Mark A. Calabria, Cato Institute

Mark A. Calabria

Cato Institute

Washington, DC, United States

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  • American Banker

Past articles by Mark:

Too Big to Fail

As long as we remain under a regulatory regime of vast discretionary authorities with almost unlimited pots of public money, bailouts will remain a potentiality. → Read More

Portugal-Style Bail-ins: The New Norm under Dodd-Frank?

Dodd-Frank’s application to non-banks raises a whole new set of disturbing possibilities for the extra-judicial treatment of creditors. → Read More

Where Was Obama's Victory Lap on Financial Reform?

Financial services issues that helped define a presidency were largely absent from Tuesday's State of the Union address, including the crucial policy items that have not yet been resolved. → Read More

Where Was Obama's Victory Lap on Financial Reform?

Given the anger, especially from the Democratic Party’s base, it is puzzling to me that the president felt no need to address it. → Read More

Time for Regulators to Catch Up to the Digital Age

Policymakers continually fail to embrace technological and entrepreneurial innovations that are a net benefit to the economy and thereby stifle efficiency and competition. → Read More

Examining the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Mass Data Collection Program

Chairman Duffy, Ranking Member Green, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I thank you for the invitation to appear at today's important hearing. I am Mark Calabria, Director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy research institute located here in Washington, D.C. Before I begin my testimony, I would like to make clear that my… → Read More

Bernie Sanders' Attack on Rating Agencies Misses the Point

This is a debate we need to have. But solutions must be grounded in the facts. → Read More

A Million Homes Taken Since Kelo

If you're poor or African-American, you are twice as likely as households overall to be displaced by government action. → Read More

Dodd-Frank Is an Obstacle to Reform

July marked the fifth anniversary of passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Not surprisingly Washington celebrated with numerous events and Congressional hearings. I put in three Congressional testimonies myself, as well as numerous panel appearances, ranging in venues from the American Enterprise Institute to the Center for American Progress. One of the many… → Read More

Fed Oversight: Lack of Transparency and Accountability

Chairman Duffy, Ranking Member Green, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I thank you for the invitation to appear at today's important hearing. I am Mark Calabria, Director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy research institute located here in Washington, D.C. Before I begin my testimony, I would like to make clear that my… → Read More

The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Stable?

Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters, and distinguished members of the Committee, I thank you for the invitation to appear at today's important hearing. I am Mark Calabria, Director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy research institute located here in Washington, D.C. Before I begin my testimony, I would like to make clear that… → Read More

The Banking Deregulation that Mattered (and Actually Happened)

One commonly heard refrain is that the deregulation of banking caused the financial crisis. To those of us that have actually spent years working on banking policy, such a claim is met with surprise. What banking deregulation? The usual response, with generally an absolute lack of detail or argument, is the repeal of Glass-Steagall by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB). When the proponents of th... → Read More