Interview by Tom Hudson. Author Robert Pozen Addresses How to Fix The System.

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Most books about the nation’s financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system. A financial industry veteran and chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (Wiley).

Written by Elizabeth Leonard.

Comprehensive in scope, Too Big to Save looks at each of the factors that played a role in the crisis: the housing boom, subprime loans and the impact of mortgage-backed securities; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; credit default swaps, AIG and collateralized debt obligations; hedge funds and short selling; and capital requirements. But this is not an alphabet soup. These topics are precisely defined and clearly presented in a highly readable and well-paced narrative. Moreover, ..read more

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By Jennifer Schonberger.

It’s clear by now that a failure of regulation on multiple fronts helped to fuel the financial crisis. What’s more, according to Bob Pozen — chairman of MFS Investment Management and author of the book Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System — government has also failed, in certain instances, to clean up the fallout from the crisis.

Op-ed by Robert C. Pozen. Congress shouldn’t make the best the enemy of the good. If it avoids the tricky question of damages measurement and adopts these five amendments, it would weed out low-quality patent claims, reduce the number of expensive lawsuits and reward our best innovators.

Searching for ways to fix the U.S. financial system, with Bob Pozen, MFS Investment Management chairman and CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo.

[Video on CNBC, Airtime: Tues. Nov. 10 2009 | 4:16 PM ET

Bob Pozen outlines his blueprint for reform.

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If we want corporate America to avoid short-termism, we need to help free portfolio managers and company executives from the tyranny of quarterly results.

The president wants to get tougher on the nation’s financial institutions, but can he? Six top money minds weigh in on his plans to regulate risk, control executive pay and protect consumers. Robert Pozen addresses the risk of moral hazard.