Elsewhere on Thursday,
- Housing finance reform: advise Uncle Sam.
- Plus: be your own Greek finance minister.
- The rise of Spain’s economía sumergida.
- For once, it’s not Lehman’s fault.
- How US banks can profit without, err, lending…
- …as Jamie Dimon confirms.
- Political appointees: regulation’s dirty secret.
- An American encomium to a UK regulator.
- The anatomy of a shorting decision.
- HFT reform: tag, you’re it!
- Tea and toast with Doctor Doom.
- Further, further reading.