The fourth of a six part series airing on the McCuistion Television Program, which has been focused on the 2008 financial crisis, “Have Dodd- Frank and Other Regulations Been Effective?” (watch it here), featured my Bank Whistleblowers United colleague, William K. Black. William, a white collar criminologist and former financial regulator as well as the author of The Best… [Read More]
What Really Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis?
In a recent post, I mentioned the McCuistion Television Program, six part series on the financial crisis that I and several of our Bank Whistleblowers United team, (Michael Winston, William Black and I), participated in. Michael and I, along with Rashad Abdel-Khalik, PhD: Professor of International Accounting at the University of Illinois and C.R. “Rusty” Cloutier: MidSouth… [Read More]
Whistleblowers: Who They Are and Why You Should Care
The McCuistion TV episode can be viewed by following this link: Full Episode The award–winning McCuistion Television Program, now in its 26th year on KERA, PBS TV, and The National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization with a goal of developing and promoting private, free-market alternatives to government regulation and… [Read More]
It’s Time to Wake Up, America!
Last week the New York Times published the article “Wall St. Whistle-Blowers, Often Scorned, Get New Support” by William Cohan about Bank Whistleblowers United. This is gratifying and exciting news, as it focuses more attention and brings more eyes to the goals our new group is committed to. As I explained in a recent article, four former whistleblowers, including myself,… [Read More]
Bank Whistleblowers United… Restoring the Rule of Law to Banking
My colleagues and I have formed a probono group and policy initiative with a goal to restore the rule of law to Wall Street and accelerate our work to “greatly reduce the risk and cost of future financial crisis.” Gary Aquirre, William Black, Michael Winston and I are the founding members of Bank Whistleblowers United. Each… [Read More]
