Financial Crises: Why, When, How (Part 1) | Calling All Bank Directors Episode 41

In this episode, Tom Vartanian will address why the U.S. has experienced many more financial crises than most other developed countries and the role of government in causing or contributing to those events.  He will also discuss what may cause the next financial crisis.

Tom is the former Executive Director and Professor of Law, Program on Financial Regulation, at GMU’s Antonin Scalia Law School, a partner at both Dechert and Fried Frank, and General Counsel to the FHLBB and FSLIC.  He currently is a partner at the law firm of Vartanian & Ledig.

He is the author of 200 Years of American Financial Panics: Crashes, Recessions, Depressions and the Technology that will Change it All.

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Thanks to our guest, Tom Vartanian: http://www.vllawfirm.com/  

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