In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the subprime situation unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view.


Frank in an op-ed piece "A (sub)prime argument for more regulation" in W:Financial Times (August 2007)

Barney Frank Quotes

In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses...

In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses...

In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses...

In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses...