# Professor Lawrence White shares his views on proposed changes to banking regulation

1 Faculty News April 25, 2017 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washingtons-busy-agenda-is-getting-more-so-with-bill-to-roll-back-dodd-frank/2017/04/25/283e69c0-291c-11e7-a616-d7c8a68c1a66_story.html?utm_term=.8779d9db8a9c) -- "'Banks can change their portfolios relatively rapidly, which means they can get into trouble relatively rapidly,' he said. There should be more stress tests, not less, [White](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white) argued. 'The whole point is that these guys are big and systemic,' White said. 'If they found themselves in an adverse scenario, the consequences are substantial.'"

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