





Financial crises remain a recurrent feature of modern economies despite evidence that many are predictable and preventable. This chapter discusses how financial instability often reflects a political equilibrium rather than purely technocratic shortcomings. Contrasting economic and political perspectives on regulation,…

This podcast appears courtesy of Bloomberg.

This podcast appears courtesy of FHN Financial.


In less than a month, global oil prices surged past $100 per barrel following U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the North American crude benchmark, rose from around $65 and peaked around $116, while Brent, the…

This podcast appears courtesy of the Hoover Institution.

We develop a general equilibrium theory of financial intermediation and its implications for liquidity regulation. The model is built around an agency problem arising from leveraged intermediation: banks finance loan origination with deposits and face moral hazard in risk management,…

The Iran war underscores an emerging risk for global portfolio investors: with the end of globalization, financial market prices will increasingly be determined by geography, security considerations, and geopolitical alignment. The stability that those rules underpinned for financial markets in…