"A Republican from Kansas" on the Financial Crisis.

The article presents a speech by Sheila Bair, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), given on November 2, 2009. Bair discusses the global financial crisis and offers opinions on U.S. banking and finance regulation in the aftermath of that crisis. She states that banks cannot be allowed to become so large that their failure cannot be tolerated by the financial system, and that more consumer protection is needed in the field of financial products.