May 30, 2011
by Annelise Riles
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The Nightmare of Transparency

In a recent Business Week article, Hernando de Soto is once again peddling his simplistic view of property rights as the path to pure market transparency. He argues, to considerable journalistic and popular acclaim, that the problem with derivatives markets … Continue reading

January 5, 2011
by Annelise Riles
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What Can We Learn from Wikileaks About Market Regulation–or, Is Transparency Always a Good Thing?

(This entry was originally posted on Jan. 5, 2011 on the Credit Slips website) In the wake of the Wikileaks debacle, we have started to see some conversation in the editorial pages about whether transparency is always a good thing … Continue reading