Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig suggests that a firewall might be a good idea, after all. But of course not the Glass-Steagall Act itself!:
Hoenig, an experienced bank regulator, made clear he was not advocating such a big step.
"We have to go back and think of some of the reasons why this came about at these very large institutions -- without changing the structure that eliminated Glass-Steagall -- and the consequences of that," he said.
Get your popcorn ready.