The global financial crisis that started in 2007 sparked several academic debates about the role that financial sector regulators played in the crisis and prompted policy reforms in the financial supervision architectures of several countries. This book focuses on the question of what...

Contents: 1. Introduction and summary -- Part I: the unraveling of the 1930s-era framework -- 2. The Euro market erodes US financial structure -- 3. Commercial paper guarantees and the emergence of a parallel banking system -- 4. ERISA moves savings into securities markets -- Part II:...