Taibbi on Why Wall Street Goes Free
You’ve got to hand it to The Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi: When almost no one wants to talk about it, he continues to relentlessly pursue stories around the 2008 financial meltdown and the devastating destruction that followed. His latest piece, exploring why Wall Street isn’t in jail, is a depressing account of the incestuous relationship between DC regulators and the well-connected financiers who inevitably co-opt them. Crime does pay and pay well, if you’re filthy rich and know the right people. Read it and weep.