Daniel Gross: Senate Reform Bill Is Too Kind To Wall Street

Daniel Gross: Senate Reform Bill Is Too Kind To Wall Street

The Senate's passage Thursday night of extensive financial reform is being portrayed as a big loss for the financial sector. "No End to Banks' Capitol Punishment," reads the headline in the Wall Street Journal. But everything's relative. Wall Street wanted no reform at all. And this bill seems like harsh punishment only because the default situation for the last 30 years has been that the financial sector gets precisely the regulation it wants.

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