Fwd: Enterprise Update: Protecting Consumers in the Financial Marketplace

Enterprise Update Eliminating barriers to enterprise and innovation Recent Updates Government-Subsidized News on the Way? How to Create Bailouts Forever? Automakers to Taxpayers: Can We Get Another Bailout, Please? Andy Stern's America Missouri's Mission Impossible: Downsizing Government Volcker's Volley: The VAT Battle Begins Featured Research Protecting Consumers in the Financial Marketplace: Thinking Outside the Boxes By James Gattuso , Todd Zywicki , Alex Pollock and David C. John Do consumers need a new regulatory agency to protect them in the financial marketplace? The question has been at the center of the ongoing congressional debate over financial services reform. But is such an agency really necessary, or will it do more harm than good? And if it is created, where should it be located, and--most critically-- what powers should it have? A panel of experts discusses these and other questions regarding consumer protection and financial regulation. >> Click here to read the full report For more information, visit Heritage's Enterprise and Free Markets webpage, which features research, commentary, blog posts, charts and additional policy resources. 2010 Index of Economic Freedom For over a decade, The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, Washington's preeminent think tank, have tracked the march of economic freedom around the world with the influential Index of Economic Freedom. Click here for more information About The Heritage Foundation Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute -- a think tank -- whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. The Heritage Foundation | 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002 | 202.546.4400

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