NIESR Conference: Financial regulation: James Barth

The possibility that banks are “too big to fail” is one that has plagued the financial system for decades. In this video, James Barth suggests that too-big-to-fail has not been challenged enough by regulators and that no bank should be too big to fail in any country. Banks have to be held accountable therefore bank owners should be required to put in more capital. Higher capital requirements would protect tax-payers and the government from bailouts. This video was recorded at the 18th March 2016 conference on Financial Regulation organized by NIESR and held at the Bank of England.