Public Policy & Financial Economics Essays in Honor of Professor George G. Kaufman for His Lifelong Contributions to the Profession

Contributors -- About the co-editors -- Background on George Kaufman's contributions to the finance profession -- Public policy and financial economics : comments to honor George G. Kaufman / Charles L. Evans -- 57 years of banking changes and ideas / Alex J. Pollock -- Theory vs. practice and promise in banking and financial regulation / Harvey Rosenblum -- Central banking and regulation : changes through the years -- The changing fortunes of central banking / C.A.E. Goodhart -- Financial safety nets : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Edward J. Kane -- Systemic risk : taming the two 800-pound gorillas in the room / Charles W. Calomiris -- Shadowing capital regulation: 1986-2015 / Richard J. Herring -- Public policy issues in financial markets -- The fed and structural reforms to reduce interconnectedness and promote financial stability / Robert A. Eisenbeis -- The new failure resolution regulation : the good, the bad, and the unknowable / Robert Bliss and Franklin Edwards -- Monetary and other policy problems / Allan H. Meltzer -- Defining, measuring, and mitigating systemic risk at large insurance companies / Richard Rosen and Thanases Plestis -- Asset bubbles and public policy / Douglas D. Evanoff and A.G Malliaris -- The new realities of market structure and liquidity : where have we been? where are we going? / Chester Spatt -- Affordable housing goals, the financial crisis, and the efficient market hypothesis / Peter J. Wallison -- Good and bad lessons in finance from new information / Robert Litan