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Matt Taibbi, Eliot Spitzer Discuss Eric Holder's Failure
Got a chance to talk with Eliot Spitzer last night about Eric Holder's decision not to prosecute Goldman Sachs for the offenses laid out in the Levin report. ... | More »August 22, 11:40 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
More Evidence Wall Street Is Overpaid
We'll be getting to this more next week when we do our piece on Mitt Romney and the private equity business, but one of the most frequently-overlooked problems ... | More »August 21, 9:11 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Goldman Non-Prosecution: AG Eric Holder Has No Balls
I’ve been on deadline in the past week or so, so I haven't had a chance to weigh in on Eric Holder’s predictable decision to not pursue criminal charg... | More »August 15, 9:48 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Obama, Not Reid, Should Be Taking on Mitt Romney's Tax Record
The ongoing war between Harry Reid and Mitt Romney is certainly interesting, as battles between congenitally unlikeable politicians go, but to me it misses the point. ... | More »August 9, 9:12 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
When Did Sandy Weill Change His Mind About Too Big To Fail? And Why?
There were a great many fascinating moments in the now-legendary Squawk Box interview of former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill, in which th... | More »August 3, 11:30 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Ludicrous Times Op-Ed Forgets Entire Year of Wall Street History
It was riotous, side-splitting comedy last week when Sanford Weill, the onetime head of Citibank, went on CNBC to announce that he thought it was time to break up the ... | More »August 1, 12:20 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Taibbi, Spitzer: LIBOR, Too Big To Fail, and the 'Upside-Down World' of Wall Street
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Pat Buchanan: GOP Imperiled by Decline of White Population
So the Mad Hatter of the American conservatism, Pat Buchanan, wrote a piece today called "In the Long Run, is the GOP Dead?" It’s basically a fatalistic predicti... | More »July 27, 10:53 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
No Kidding: The Most Incoherent Tom Friedman Column Ever
I realize this is not a statement anyone can make lightly, but: this morning’s column by Thomas Friedman, "Syria is Iraq," is the single most incoherent thing he... | More »July 25, 9:13 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Octopus: Read This Book to Understand Wall Street
First things first: someone is going to make Octopus into a movie. By this time next year, the books author, fellow Rolling Stone contributor Guy Lawson, will have a f... | More »July 24, 8:53 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Study: One in Five Firms Misrepresent Earnings
Just a brief note, but worth passing on. From CNBC.com: A study by four prominent business school professors on earnings quality shows that ‘managed’ ea... | More »July 23, 10:20 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
From an Unlikely Source, a Serious Challenge to Wall Street
Something very interesting is happening. There’s been so much corruption on Wall Street in recent years, and the federal government has appeared to be s... | More »July 20, 1:06 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Taibbi on Democracy Now! LIBOR and More
Visited with old friends Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez on Democracy Now! this morning. The topic was LiBOR, although there is a second segment that will be appearing o... | More »July 19, 10:30 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
More on LIBOR: Plus, Spitzer takes on Bartiromo in Japanese Monster-Movie Epic
Was on Viewpoint with the inimitable Eliot Spitzer last night and joined Dennis Kelleher from Better Markets in discussing some of the more upsetting recent revelation... | More »July 17, 9:34 AM 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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