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On the Bailout Hustle
So my new article in Rolling Stone, "Wall Street's Bailout Hustle," is up and online. The piece was a lot of fun to write mainly because I got to learn a lot abou... | More »February 22, 11:59 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Feeling low
Sorry for the lack of posts; I've been really sick for days. I hope to be back at it soon. What are you reading these days? And, are there issues I should be chec... | More »February 17, 11:57 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Tony Mazz's Sox Math
Of course, we thought the same thing when Bay came up for discussion. As it turned out, the Sox dug in their heels on protective language in the event Bay had any inju... | More »February 12, 10:21 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Michael Lewis: Wall St. Is Done
To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to... | More »February 11, 11:31 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Another Wall Street Retread Rehired
NEW YORK (AP) — John Thain is getting a second chance. CIT Group Inc. tapped the former Merrill Lynch CEO to become its chairman and chief executive. Thain brokered ... | More »February 8, 10:41 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
The Committee of Banned Words
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Emanuel, exasperated upon learning that liberal special-interest groups were planning to run ads against conservative ... | More »February 3, 9:50 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
We, the Tea Partiers
We protest against a heavy-fisted form of government that seeks to further regulate private enterprise and hinder future profits (i.e., banking and energy industriesâ€... | More »February 2, 9:23 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Republicans on Government Cheese
On balance, Brown described himself as a "fiscal conservative" and a social moderate — talking about how his mother was "on welfare for a time" and what it was like ... | More »February 1, 11:42 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Populism: Just Like Racism!
It's easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis was caused by a complex web of fac... | More »January 27, 3:21 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
On Chicago's Parking Meters
Mayor Richard Daley is pitching the idea of one get-out-of-a-ticket-free card per year for drivers who slightly overstay their welcome at Chicago parking meters. If al... | More »January 26, 9:21 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Ankiel Signs With Royals
Ankiel will try to rebuild value in Kansas City after slipping to a .231/.285/.387 line for the Cardinals in 2009. The 30-year-old's maladies included a sore Ach... | More »January 22, 10:22 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Obama shifts power away from Geithner
Senior administration officials say there is now broad consensus within the White House and the Treasury for the plan advanced by Volcker, who leads an outside economi... | More »January 22, 10:06 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Brown a Repudiation of Insufficiently "Moderate" Obama
Turns out that independent voters, a majority of the Bay State electorate and a crucial ingredient in Obama's historic presidential win 14 months ago, abandoned h... | More »January 20, 10:59 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Translating David Brooks
A friend of mine sent a link to Sunday's David Brooks column on Haiti, a genuinely beautiful piece of occasional literature. Not many writers would have the coura... | More »January 19, 11:00 AM ET| Matt Taibbi
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