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Uncommon Knowledge · 2026-07-21 · 64 min · 10,117 words

Make IPOs Great Again: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Ending Regulation by Enforcement

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With four percent of the world's population, the United States accounts for more than half. The world's capital. The man responsible for overseeing much of our capital markets? Paul Atkins. Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

On uncommon knowledge. Now. Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson. The Securities and Exchange Commission has played a big role in the life of my guest, Paul Atkins. In the nineteen nineties, he served as chief of staff to then SEC chairman Richard Breden. And then as counselor to the next SEC chairman, Arthur Levit.

In the early two thousands, he served as an SEC commissioner. And then last year. President Trump nominated Paul Atkins to become chairman. of the SEC himself. Mr. Atkins was sworn in on april twenty first.

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