Speech
The Next Steps on Capital: A speech at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., September 10, 2024
Barr, Michael S. (2024-09-10)
Speech

Monograph
Community reinvestment emerging from the housing crisis
Barr, Michael S. (2009)
Monograph

Speech
Making the Financial System Safer and Fairer: At the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. September 7th 2022
Barr, Michael S. (2022-09-07)
Speech

Journal Article
Credit where it counts: the CRA’s role in revitalizing low- and moderate-income communities
Barr, Michael S. (2006-01)
Community Investments , Volume 17 , Issue Win

Speech
Financial Inclusion: Past, Present, and Hopes for the Future: A speech at Financial Inclusion Practices and Innovations Conference, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2024
Barr, Michael S. (2024-07-09)
Speech

Speech
Commencement Remarks: A sppech at the American University School of Public Affairs Graduation Ceremony, Washington, D.C., May 10, 2024
Barr, Michael S. (2024-05-10)
Speech

Speech
Why Bank Capital Matters: At the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. (virtual) December 1st 2022
Barr, Michael S. (2022-12-01)
Speech

Conference Paper
Is the Community Reinvestment Act worth it?
Barr, Michael S. (2005)
Despite the depth and breadth of U.S. credit markets, low- and moderate-income communities and minority borrowers have not historically enjoyed full access to credit. The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was enacted in 1977 to help overcome barriers to credit that these groups faced. Scholars have long leveled numerous critiques against CRA as unnecessary, ineffectual, costly, and lawless. Many have argued that CRA should be eliminated. By contrast, I contend that market failures and discrimination justify governmental intervention and that CRA is a reasonable policy response to these ...
Proceedings , Paper 1001