Comments on: OTA on Financial Services Industry http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/ Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, science, technology, policy Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:25:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Victoria Talley http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Victoria Talley Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:30:28 +0000 http://fas.org/ota/?p=225#comment-641 yes the legal system will allways seem to be one step behined when it comes to things like this.

]]> By: 1stmoney http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-638 1stmoney Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:17:26 +0000 http://fas.org/ota/?p=225#comment-638 haha ^^ nice, is there a section to follow the RSS feed

]]> By: Si Gardener http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Si Gardener Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:55:16 +0000 http://fas.org/ota/?p=225#comment-626 The problem with regulating finance is similar to that of that of regulating the internet, the legal system is simply too slow to react to any rapid changing environment.

Sad – but true

]]> By: basics of commodity trading http://ota.fas.org/2008/10/23/flash-from-the-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-625 basics of commodity trading Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:09:21 +0000 http://fas.org/ota/?p=225#comment-625 I’m almost positive that the regulatory structure is lagging far behind the development of new products to facilitate derivatives trading, especially on a global scale. The likelihood of corruption and people developing ways to “game” the current system is as sure as the profits they’ll be making.

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