</p>Yesterday, Professor Todd Zywicki from the George Mason School of Law joined Heritage’s David John and American Enterprise Institute’s Alex J. Pollock for a panel titled, “<ahref="http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ev031110a.cfm">Protecting Consumers in the Financial Marketplace: Thinking Outside the Boxes“. The discussion centered around the proposed financial regulations and a possible Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA).
After the panel, Professor Zywicki, a Senior Scholar of the Mercatus Center and contributor to the popular legal blog <ahref="http://volokh.com/">The Volokh Conspiracy,**sat down with us for an “<ahref="http://www.foundry.org/tag/in-the-green-room">In the Green Room” segment. We talked about the problems we face if Congress enacts the CFPA, the real causes behind our current financial crisis, and what principles should*undergird*real financial regulatory reform.