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

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  With 4% of the world's population, the United States accounts for more than half the world's capital.

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  The man responsible for overseeing much of our capital markets, Paul Atkins,

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  chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, on Uncommon Knowledge Now.

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  Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge.

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  I'm Peter Robinson.

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  The Securities and Exchange Commission has played a big role in the life of my guest, Paul Atkins.

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  In the 1990s, he served as chief of staff to then-SEC chairman Richard Breeden

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  and then as counselor to the next SEC chairman, Arthur Levitt.

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  In the early 2000s, he served as an SEC commissioner.

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  And then last year, President Trump nominated Paul Atkins to become chairman of the SEC himself.

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  Mr. Atkins was sworn in on April 21st.

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  Mr. Atkins holds his law degree from Vanderbilt, and I suppose I should note that he and I have been friends

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  since his first stint at the SEC when I worked briefly at the institution myself.

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  Paul Atkins, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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  Thanks for joining us.

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  Well, thank you, Peter.

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  Thanks for having me on your show.

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  A few questions about what the heck the SEC is in the first place.

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  Founded in 1934, the Securities and Exchange Commission now has an annual budget of some $2 billion

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  and a staff of more than 4,000.

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