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b'Many observers of the U.S. financial system increasingly believe that the United States will soon experience another financial crisis \\u2013 the only questions are when and how bad will it be? With that expectation in mind, the panel could address the following issues: What are the likely early indicators that another crisis is in the offing? What economic conditions are the likely causes of that crisis (rising housing prices, the reemgence of shadow banking, other consequences of Dodd-Frank, crises emanating from other countries, etc.)? What might ignite that crisis? Who will likely be blamed for causing the next crisis and who or what should be blamed? What might be the political/legislative response(s) to the next crisis? What, if anything, can be done to mitigate the consequences of the next financial crisis and possibly even steer the U.S. economy away from future financial crises? -- This panel was presented at the 2015 National Lawyers Convention on Friday, November 13, 2015, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. -- Featuring: Hon. Phil Gramm, Senior Advisor, US Policy Metrics and Former United States Senator; Mr. Frank Medina, Senior Counsel & Director of Research, Better Markets; Ms. Karen Shaw Petrou, Managing Partner, Federal Financial Analytics, Inc.; and Prof. J.W. Verret, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law. Moderator: Hon. Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.'