Has the regulation of financial markets gone too far?

In this seminar Timbro raises some of the basic questions in relation to financial markets and when it comes to regulation of these markets. As a reaction to the financial crisis in 2008 regulation has increased in most countries as more areas are of financial markets are covered by regulation and as regulatory requirements in general have been raised. The question is though whether increased regulation actually leads to a more stable banking system or if the main effect is to increase fragility. Professor Lawrence H White at George Mason University (VA) has been researching financial markets, free banking and how a more stable, or "anti-fragile" banking system can be achieved since the 1980s. In this seminar prof. White gives a presentation on how we can achieve an “anti-fragile” banking system. His presentation is discussed by a panel with Per Hortlund, PhD, with a free-banking research orientation and Ann-Marie Pålsson, ass. prof. in economics and PhD at Lund University. Ann-Marie Pålsson has, besides financial markets research, a broad experience as member of the Swedish parliament and from several positions in the financial sector. The seminar was introduced by Björn Hasselgren, PhD, Senior Fellow at Timbro.