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New Paper on Financial Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Aug 7, 2020
The Center on Finance, Law & Policy happily announces a new paper by Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Michael Barr, Harvard Law School professor Howell E. Jackson and Margaret E. Tahyar of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. The Financial...
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Dodd-Frank achievements assessed on its 10th anniversary

Jul 2, 2020
The Center on Finance, Law and Policy co-hosted a day-long conference with the Brookings Institution on June 30 to mark the Dodd-Frank Act 10th Anniversary. Former Senator Chris Dodd and former Representative Barney Frank participated, as did...
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Toward a more fair and inclusive financial system

May 22, 2020
New FinTech collaborations boost Ford School’s financial policy offerings The Ford School is expanding its offerings of financial policy courses with FinTech (financial technology) Policy and FinTech Entrepreneurship classes. Taught by professor of...
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Entrepreneur Resource for COV-ID: Update Your Business Hours

Apr 1, 2020
With a statewide shelter in place order in effect in Michigan, small businesses in Michigan are being forced to pivot or seek emergency/disaster funding to survive.  In support of the University of Michigan's Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs...
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Welcome Visiting Researcher Daniel Gersten Reiss!

Jan 20, 2020
The Center on Finance, Law & Policy is pleased to welcome Daniel Gersten Reiss of Banco Central do Brasil as a visiting researcher during the winter 2020 term, from January - March 2020. Mr. Gersten Reiss will be collaborating with Prof. Adrienne A....
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Welcome Fulbright Fellow Mandira Sarma!

Dec 15, 2019
The Center on Finance, Law & Policy is pleased to welcome Fulbright Fellow Mandira Sarma as a Fulbright Visiting Professor for a six month term beginning January 2020. Dr. Sarma is Associate Professor at Centre for International Trade and...
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Central Bank of the Future with Barefoot Innovation Podcast

Dec 12, 2019
Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO & Cofounder at Alliance for Innovative Regulation and Cofounder at Hummingbird Regtech, has a conversation with Adrienne Harris and Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy Michael Barr about the Central Bank of the Future...
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Funding Available for FinTech - Deadline Nov. 20

Oct 30, 2019
The University of Michigan FinTech Collaboratory, of which the Center on Finance, Law & Policy is part, is collaborating with MCubed to announce new funding opportunities for University of Michigan faculty who are undertaking research, course...
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Videos Now Posted from Central Bank of the Future Conference

Oct 25, 2019
Thanks to all who participated in person or online in the Center on Finance, Law & Policy's Central Bank of the Future conference, which took place at the University of Michigan on October 2-3, 2019. Videos from each keynote & panel discussion are...
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Barr discusses fate of CFPB with CNBC

Aug 19, 2019
The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently at the discretion of the Supreme Court. Hearing the case and a subsequent ruling would have big ramifications for consumers (i.e. all Americans), and likely on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s...
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Book Review: Private Government

Jul 19, 2019
Spotlight on Research: Private Government: How Employers Rule our Lives (And Why We Don’t Talk About It) In U-M Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies Elizabeth Anderson’s book, Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (And Why We...
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Muse Cosmetics

Apr 5, 2019
Sheryl Espinal operates a small business with lofty ambitions. A native New Yorker and nurse by profession, she exudes a passion for hair and makeup which she hopes to spread across the U.S. through her Detroit-based company, Muse Cosmetics. “I want...
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New Course Starts April 1: Finance for Societal Good

Mar 25, 2019
Professor Michael Gordon of the Ross School of Business will be offering a new course beginning April 1, FINANCE FOR SOCIETAL GOOD (Entrepreneurial Studies 444 / Entrepreneurial Studies 644). A full description is listed below: Business can...