2. See if you can develop a good case for and against the regulation of financial institu- tions in the following areas: a. Restrictions on the number of new financial-service institutions allowed to enter the industry each year. b. Restrictions on which depository institutions are eligible for government-sponsored deposit insurance. c. Restrictions on the ability of financial firms to underwrite debt and equity securi- ties issued by their business customers. d. Restrictions on the geographic expansion of banks and other financial firms, such as limits on branching and holding company acquisitions across state and interna- tional borders. e. Regulations on the failure process, defining when banks and other financial firms are to be allowed to fail and how their assets are to be liquidated