Reacting to the financial world's desire to return to the past. Big banks, especially but not solely in the US, are planning to shake off restrictions on their autonomy even in the purely financial field. This is not a conspiracy theory concocted with political motives - the banks themselves are open about it and are taking action to achieve it. Most of the restrictions on banks' autonomy are rules accompanying the public bailouts. Banks that are able to pay back the funding they received...