Secretary of Education Arne Duncan participates in a panel discussion on financial capability and empowerment for young people during the first-ever White House Summit on Financial Capability and Empowerment.

Community leaders participate in a panel discussion during the first-ever White House Summit on Financial Capability and Empowerment, highlighting the importance of financial empowerment for low- and moderate-income Americans, as well as the critical role that grassroots leaders in states, local governments, and communities play in helping people improve their financial capability. May 10, 2012.

President Obama discusses the importance of protecting American consumers by making sure that banks, mortgage companies, loan providers, and other financial services providers play by the rules. January 6, 2012.

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Evaluating the financial reform bill passed by the House.

Austan Goolsbee of the Council of Economic Advisers talks the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and overall financial regulatory reform. (public domain)

Was the lack of regulation on financial derivatives the main cause of our economic collapse? Or was it the easy money that Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac were giving out for home mortgages like there was no tomorrow? I would say that it was both, but there were other factors involved as well. The way I see it is that there was overregulation on one hand, Fanny and Freddie, while on the other hand there was under regulation when it came to these derivatives. I believe that this economic crisis we …

Having difficulty understanding the 2008 US Financial Crisis? Here’s a short animated video that explains – visually!