Financial deregulation can increase systemic risk
Financial deregulation can increase systemic risk.
Financial deregulation is not always harmful, but it can absolutely raise systemic risk when it weakens oversight of leverage and complexity.
The claim
Not all deregulation is equal. The financial sector is the clearest case where weaker rules can increase systemic risk.
The mechanism
Less oversight can encourage leverage, maturity mismatch, and hidden interdependence.
The evidence
The crisis record is full of cases where weak rules amplified fragility.
Who benefits
Financial firms and executives who keep the upside when risk is private but the downside is public.
The counter
The counterargument is that regulation can be too blunt. That is true, but it does not erase the risk-raising effect of lax oversight.
References
Financial deregulation and systemic risk literature.
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