Amar Bhide

Tufts University

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Economist and Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University; author of A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy

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Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took its first major enforcement action since it began operating a year ago,  ordering Capital One Bank  to refund about $150…

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