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...Netherlands and Czech Republic-had agreed to measures they will insist be adopted at the G20 meeting in London in early April. "All financial markets, products and participants including hedge funds and other private pools of capital which may pose a systematic risk must be subjected to appropriate oversight or regulation," Merkel said in a summit statement. "A clear message and concrete action are necessary to engender new confidence in the markets and to put the world back on a path toward more growth and employment." (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...they did the procedure properly,” she said. “We want people to understand mortality also measures what happens after the procedure.” Cardiologists examined the study, and hospital and physician outliers—like Mass. General—were then examined by oversight committees of cardiologists, Normand said. Normand said the state sponsored her research to provide patients with information about local hospitals, so they could make informed decisions about their treatments. “From a public perspective, it’s important to quantify standard of care...
...basis of its recommendation for increased regulation of financial institutions. The paper, written in January but released online last week, suggested that regulations are effective at preventing crises such as the current economic meltdown. Moss said he conducted research on behalf of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Congressional Oversight Panel, which was composing a statement on regulatory reform. The panel’s report drew on Moss’ work to promote insuring and overseeing “systematically significant” financial institutions. Moss suggests that New Deal regulations were effective, but that their success created complacency...
...repeats Japan’s mistakes. Tokyo spent $2.1 trillion between 1991 and 1995, yet the economy stagnated. Politicians built roads to nowhere, starving businesses of capital and workers of jobs. Washington should fund some infrastructure repairs, but such projects should undergo cost-benefit analyses. Lacking such oversight, the bill recently rushed through Congress will breed fraud and waste...
...Treasury not only wants to spend the TARP in ways that Paulson did not. It wants to create independent oversight to make sure that all decisions about the money are reviewed promptly. That puts yet another wheel on the wagon...