Center on Finance, Law & Policy

Eduardo Montero discusses cooperative property rights and development in El Salvador. November 2020. 

Got change? Here’s why you probably don’t. Adrienne Harris on the impact of the coin shortage due to COVID-19. Check out the video from VICE.

Tawanna Dillahunt talks online technologies, entrepreneurship and income generation. October 2020.

Jeremy Kress details foreign bank history in the U.S. and how to better regulate them moving forward. September 2020.

"Delivering Credit to Entrepreneurs of Color Impacted by COVID-19: Why Community Financial Institutions Are Essential", Aspen Institute, Economic Opportunities Program, featuring Dean Michael Barr

With an emphasis on minority and women-owned businesses, the University of Michigan’s Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Project brings together students and faculty from across campus to provide comprehensive services to entrepreneurs in the M

An online conversation between Richard Cordray and Dean Michael S. Barr on Cordray's distinguished career and his new book, Watchdog: How Protecting Consumers Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Democracy.

Join Ford School Dean and Faculty Director Michael Barr in unpacking CFLP: An interdisciplinary research center focused on creating a financial system that is safer, fairer, and better harnessed to the real economy—ending with an interactive Q&amp

Professor Elizabeth Anderson leads a discussion on "Contradictions of the Work Ethic: Shareholder Capitalism and the Capital Share of Income."

Adrienne Harris offers practical fintech career advice and shares insights based on her unique professional experiences.

FinTech Challenge Pitch Event - Featuring Prof. Adrienne Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Center on Finance, Law & Policy, on "The Promise of FinTech" 

Jennifer Tescher, President and CEO of Financial Health Network, presents her keynote address for the Central Bank of the Future Conference.

Lobna Helal, Sofie Maddens, Ajay Shah, Michael Wiegand, and moderator Greta Bull participate in the first panel for the Central Banks of the Future Conference. Learn more 

Aishah Ahmad, Leonardo Gambacorta , and moderator Chris Calabia participate in the lunch panel for the Central Bank of the Future Conference. Learn more he

Abdel Banda, Stefan Ingves, Njuguna Ndung’u, and moderator Adrienne Harris participate in the third panel for the Central Bank of the Future Conference.

Aaron Klein, Jennifer Shasky Calvery, and moderator Jo Ann Barefoot participate in the fourth panel for the Central Bank of the Future Conference.

Stefan Ingves, Njuguna Ndung’u, and dean Michael Barr finish off the Central Bank of the Future Conference with a closing keynote conversation.

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women’s World Banking, presents her keynote address for the Central Bank of the Future Conference.

Join us for our Central Bank of the Future conference on October 2nd and 3rd, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Michael S. Barr talks consumer protection for small businesses as part of the Business Forward Solutions 2020 initiative.

Learn how the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project is an interdisciplinary, action-based learning experience that pairs U-M students with entrepreneurs as they open or are in the early days of operating neighborhood-based small businesses.

Gene Sperling speaks on economic dignity and the three pillars that should define it - Michael Barr moderates.

What is the status of consumer protections in place for student borrowers and efforts to regulate loan servicers, debt collectors and for-profit colleges? Learn more about the conference 

This panel will consider changing lending practices, the implications of nonbank lenders and the future of credit regulation.

Rohit Chopra, American consumer advocate and Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission talks about consumer uncertainty. Learn more about the conference 

How have consumers, particularly poor, elderly, and unbanked consumers, fared amid the availability and prevalence of alternatives to traditional banking services?

Rich Cordray, founding Director of the U.S.

American investors now face a changing and increasingly complex financial marketplace, with new products and technologies in the financial planning sector.

In the wake of the financial crisis, Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurring significant changes to the financial regulation landscape. A decade later, developments in the U.S.

Michael Barr makes opening remarks for the conference Consumer Protection in the Age of Uncertainty. Hosted by the Center on Finance, Law, and Policy (CFLP).