Morgan Ricks
@morganricks1.bsky.social
Vanderbilt law professor. Formerly U.S. Treasury (crisis team), Citadel (merger arbitrage), Merrill Lynch (financial institutions investment banking), Wachtell (M&A).
My new casebook is the bestseller in corporate law on Amazon -->
August 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My new casebook is the bestseller in corporate law on Amazon -->
I published a new business organizations casebook.
July 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I published a new business organizations casebook.
"We spent the last 30 years coming to a new understanding as a country about what we need to do. And sometimes that means tariffs." -- Buttigieg
April 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"We spent the last 30 years coming to a new understanding as a country about what we need to do. And sometimes that means tariffs." -- Buttigieg
. @matt-levine.bsky.social unwittingly making the case for rate regulation in banking.
January 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
. @matt-levine.bsky.social unwittingly making the case for rate regulation in banking.
Austrian business cycle theory (1/3):
January 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Austrian business cycle theory (1/3):
.@matt-levine.bsky.social on Eurodollars.
The most fundamental question in all of finance is -- and for hundreds of years has been -- "who gets to issue money [dollars in this case] and subject to what constraints."
The most fundamental question in all of finance is -- and for hundreds of years has been -- "who gets to issue money [dollars in this case] and subject to what constraints."
January 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
.@matt-levine.bsky.social on Eurodollars.
The most fundamental question in all of finance is -- and for hundreds of years has been -- "who gets to issue money [dollars in this case] and subject to what constraints."
The most fundamental question in all of finance is -- and for hundreds of years has been -- "who gets to issue money [dollars in this case] and subject to what constraints."
OK, I'm already hooked.
January 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
OK, I'm already hooked.
Just arrived, excited to read this. @mkonings.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just arrived, excited to read this. @mkonings.bsky.social
My grandfather's 100th birthday!
December 29, 2024 at 12:04 AM
My grandfather's 100th birthday!
Musk's apparent flouting of Exchange Act § 13(d) in 2022 without any legal repercussions tells you a lot about elite impunity in America.
(clip from recent @matt-levine.bsky.social newsletter)
(clip from recent @matt-levine.bsky.social newsletter)
December 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Musk's apparent flouting of Exchange Act § 13(d) in 2022 without any legal repercussions tells you a lot about elite impunity in America.
(clip from recent @matt-levine.bsky.social newsletter)
(clip from recent @matt-levine.bsky.social newsletter)
If we're going to be overhauling bank regulatory structure then may I humbly suggest:
December 13, 2024 at 7:57 PM
If we're going to be overhauling bank regulatory structure then may I humbly suggest:
Great event here last month with Jonathan Kanter.
December 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Great event here last month with Jonathan Kanter.
The case for imposing rate regulation on credit card networks / swipe fees is very strong.
December 5, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The case for imposing rate regulation on credit card networks / swipe fees is very strong.
Actually it began in earnest in the Carter Administration, for what it's worth.
December 5, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Actually it began in earnest in the Carter Administration, for what it's worth.
There's an important question about whether the combination of limited liability and concentrated ownership / high-powered incentives is good for society. It puts a lot of pressure on the guardrails.
See e.g. the studies on effects of private equity ownership of nursing homes and hospitals.
See e.g. the studies on effects of private equity ownership of nursing homes and hospitals.
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 PM
There's an important question about whether the combination of limited liability and concentrated ownership / high-powered incentives is good for society. It puts a lot of pressure on the guardrails.
See e.g. the studies on effects of private equity ownership of nursing homes and hospitals.
See e.g. the studies on effects of private equity ownership of nursing homes and hospitals.
As I never tire of saying,* banking law can't cohere, and financial stability policy can't succeed, without a functional definition of "deposit." Congress should enact one.
* ok, sometimes I tire. From
@matt_levine today:
* ok, sometimes I tire. From
@matt_levine today:
October 31, 2023 at 7:30 PM
As I never tire of saying,* banking law can't cohere, and financial stability policy can't succeed, without a functional definition of "deposit." Congress should enact one.
* ok, sometimes I tire. From
@matt_levine today:
* ok, sometimes I tire. From
@matt_levine today:
I'm about to start writing the financial market infrastructure chapter for the second edition of Networks, Platforms, and Utilities: Law & Policy and today @matt-levine.bsky.social delivers some timely content:
October 27, 2023 at 1:37 AM
I'm about to start writing the financial market infrastructure chapter for the second edition of Networks, Platforms, and Utilities: Law & Policy and today @matt-levine.bsky.social delivers some timely content: