The Taylor rule at thirty / Richard H. Clarida -- Naming the Taylor rule / John Lipsky -- The Taylor rule at thirty : still useful to get the Fed back on track / Volker Wieland -- Silicon Valley Bank and beyond : regulating for liquidity / Darrell Duffie -- Silicon Valley Bank : what happened?...

Excessive leverage (indebtedness) in banking endangers the public and distorts the economy. Yet current and proposed regulations only tweak previous regulations that failed to provide financial stability. This paper discusses the forces that have led to this situation, some of which appear to be...