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How the Fed Bailed Out Super-rich Bankers' Wives (Sit-down with Eliot Spitzer)
I had a fun sit-down with Eliot Spitzer last night to talk about the "Housewives" story -- he's probably my favorite interview on the finance stuff because he knows this material so well, and always has interesting things to add. In any case, here's the video from last night's appearance: | More »April 22, 9:58 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Best Way to Raise Campaign Money? Investigate Banks
A hilarious report has come out courtesy of the National Institute of Money in State Politics, showing that Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller – who is coordinating the investigation into the banks’ improper mortgage dealings – increased his campaign contributions from the finance sector this year by a factor of 88! He has raised $261,445 from finance, insurance and real estate contributors since he announced that he was going to be coordinating the investigation into improper foreclosure practices. That is 88 times as much as they gave him not over last year, but over the previous decade. | More »April 21, 9:27 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Mailbag: The Levin Report on Goldman; Donald Trump, Bad Grammer...
Morning, folks… feeling sick today, going to retreat to my bedroom and watch the Investigation and Discovery channel all day long, tuning everything else out.... | More »April 18, 11:24 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Talking 'Real Housewives of Wall Street' on Imus
Wanted to post the video from my visit with Don Imus this morning, in which we talk about the “Real Housewives of Wall Street” story. The one piece of information in this interview that will be new, to those who’ve already read the piece, is that along with Christy Mack, Susan Karches, Wayne Huizenga, John Paulson, and the Arab Bank of Bahrain, there is another interesting name on the list of Fed loan recipients: Kenneth H. Dahlberg. Dahlberg, for those of you who’ve seen the movie All The President’s Men, was the Minnesota chair of Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President, whose check to CREEP ended up in the account of one of the Watergate Burglars. | More »April 14, 11:44 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Mailbag: Republicans Are Only Too Happy To Spend -- On the Rich
I received a letter yesterday in response to our new "Real Housewives of Wall Street" article that I thought was worth responding to publicly. I got a number of strange letters yesterday in fact (though most were funny -- one just read "guillotine time muthafuckaz!" in the subject line and nothing else), with a number of comments that suggested some elements in the story were unclear. | More »April 13, 12:14 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
I Did Not Interview John Boehner
There is a story flying around the internet that purports to contain an excerpt of an interview I did with John Boehner. This interview is a hoax and neither I nor Rol... | More »April 7, 11:56 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Tax Cuts for the Rich on the Backs of the Middle Class; or, Paul Ryan Has Balls
Paul Ryan, the Republican Party’s latest entrant in the seemingly endless series of young, prickish, over-coiffed, anal-retentive deficit Robespierres they’ve sent to the political center stage in the last decade or so, has come out with his new budget plan. All of these smug little jerks look alike to me – from Ralph Reed to Eric Cantor to Jeb Hensarling to Rand Paul and now to Ryan, they all look like overgrown kids who got nipple-twisted in the halls in high school, worked as Applebee’s shift managers in college, and are now taking revenge on the world as grownups by defunding hospice care and student loans and Sesame Street. They all look like they sleep with their ties on, and keep their feet in dress socks when doing their bi-monthly duty with their wives. | More »April 7, 11:52 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Jefferson County, Alabama: Screwed By Wall Street, Still Paying
The good times just keep coming for Jefferson County, Alabama. Last year I did a story for Rolling Stone about Wall Street's sacking of the Birmingham, Alabama region -- the city was roped into a series of deadly swap deals by a number of banks, most notably JP Morgan Chase, that left the county billions of dollars in debt. | More »April 7, 11:47 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Why is the Fed Bailing Out Qaddafi?
Barack Obama recently issued an executive order imposing a wave of sanctions against Libya, not only freezing Libyan assets, but barring Americans from having business... | More »April 1, 12:23 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
The S.E.C.'s Revolving Door: From Wall Street Lawyers to Wall Street Watchdogs
Got a quick note from a friend today, sending some happy news from the corporate non-enforcement arena. It seems that the white-shoe corporate defense firm Wilmer Cutl... | More »March 30, 2:13 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Monday Mailbag: Financial Reform? How About Criminal Prosecutions? (Plus: Bonus Ozzy Osbourne)
I was thoroughly depressed, and angry, after reading the amazing “Kill Team” story put together by Mark Boal and the editors here at Rolling Stone. ... | More »March 28, 2:27 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Lloyd Blankfein Gets a Pass in Rajaratnam Testimony
Just a quick note or two... Lloyd Blankfein testified in court yesterday, in the Raj Rajaratnam insider trading case and unfortunately it turned out to be less of a b... | More »March 24, 10:45 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Mailbag: Amy Chua, Warren Buffett, Elizabeth Warren
On my way to Washington -- traveling as usual in the Amtrak Quiet Car and as usual there's a dude behind me chattering away with a friend. I hope someday there is... | More »March 21, 10:47 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
The People vs. 'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua
I should probably provide a little background on how the Supreme Court of Assholedom ended up taking the case of Amy Chua, the achievement-obsessed Yale-professor &ldq...; | More »March 18, 3:11 PM ET| Matt Taibbi
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