Nicole Gelinas

3rd Ingredient™, Part 34: Is Wall Street dangerous to Main Street?

Why is Wall Street immune from market discipline? Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the circumstances that have caused Wall Street behavior to be detrimental to Main Street.

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Market forces should be more influential to reform the U.S. financial system. Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how markets should have more influence in reforming and regulating U.S. financial system.
Small businesses have become collateral damage from Wall Street bank behavior. Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how small businesses are hurt by regulations meant to fix Wall Street bank bad behaviors.
Government regulations are not solving problems with the financial system. Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to report on why politicians have not been able to prevent dangerous practices of the financial industry.
The free market system doesn't work unless businesses are allowed to fail. Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the government should stop propping up businesses, from the auto industry to Frannie and Freddie.
The marketplace can deal with failures, but not political dysfunction. Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the complicity of politicians and the U.S. government in the failure of the housing market.