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LIBOR Banking Scandal Deepens; Barclays Releases Damning Email, Implicates British Government
This Libor-manipulation story grows crazier with each passing minute. We have officially disappeared now down the rabbit-hole of the international financial oligarchy.... | More »July 4, 11:35 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Why is Nobody Freaking Out About the LIBOR Banking Scandal?
The LIBOR manipulation story has exploded into a major scandal overseas. The CEO of Barclays, Bob Diamond, has resigned in disgrace; his was the first of what will u... | More »July 3, 9:04 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Another Domino Falls in the LIBOR Banking Scam: Royal Bank of Scotland
Another one bites the dust. The Royal Bank of Scotland is about to be fined $233 million (£150 million pounds) for its role in the Libor-rigging scandal. It join... | More »June 29, 7:06 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
A Huge Break in the LIBOR Banking Investigation
This is a huge story: On Wednesday, Barclays won the race to reach a deal with U.S. and British regulators, beating UBS, which was reportedly the first bank to begi... | More »June 28, 10:15 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Thomas Friedman's New State of Grace
Dear Matt, Why aren’t you writing about Thomas Friedman anymore? Signed, Richie Solvang, CA p.s. you’re a fucking liar if you try to claim you didn&rs...; | More »June 27, 3:46 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
On Hunter S. Thompson and the New Edition of 'Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72'
So earlier this year I was asked by Simon and Schuster to write the introduction to the 40th anniversary edition of Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72. ... | More »June 26, 5:22 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Taibbi Joins Yves Smith on Moyers
Thanks to Bill Moyers for having me on this past weekend. Here's the clip of his interview with me and Yves Smith of the website Naked Capitalism: Just to clar... | More »June 25, 11:11 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Taibbi on Moyers: Chat at 6 p.m. Sunday
Quick announcement: I'll be joining Yves Smith on Twitter for a live chat at 6 p.m. this evening; our interview with Bill Moyers airs at that time. (I'm @mta... | More »June 24, 5:21 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Notes on Wall Street's Bid-Rigging Scandal
For space reasons we had to leave a few interesting bits out of my latest magazine piece, "The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia," about widespread corruption in... | More »June 22, 11:18 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Taibbi on Imus: How Municipal Bond-Rigging Robbed Americans of Billions
I appeared on Imus in the morning this morning .... The I-Man roped me into a discussion about Roger Clemens, never a good situtation for an embittered Red Sox fan lik... | More »June 21, 4:55 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
My Careful, Restrained Response to Reuters' Felix Salmon, Who Thinks I'm a Carpetbagger from Westchester
Old pal Felix Salmon at Reuters apparently didn’t like my piece about New York’s proposed parking meter sale: I hate to break this to Matt, but has he s... | More »June 19, 9:30 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Senators Grovel, Embarrass Themselves at Dimon Hearing
I was unable to watch J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s Senate testimony live the other day, so I had to get up yesterday morning and check it out on the Banki... | More »June 15, 12:40 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
New York to Repeat Chicago’s Parking Meter Catastrophe
Readers of my last book, Griftopia, might recall a chapter about the city of Chicago leasing 75 years of its parking meter revenue to a coterie of private investors, s... | More »June 13, 9:05 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
JOBS Act Fallout: More Fraud, Fewer IPOs
I'm on vacation, very far from home, so apologies for the short post. I'll be back online next week, and we have a fun story coming out in Rolling Stone the ... | More »June 7, 2:47 PM ET| Matt Taibbi
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Matt Taibbi is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. He’s the author of five books, most recently The Great Derangement and Griftopia, and a winner of the National Magazine Award for commentary.
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