To Wall Street, a firm like BP isn't just a profitable energy company with lots of assets like oil rigs and pipelines and gas stations - it's also a corporation that routinely borrows hundreds of millions of dollars to keep its business up and running. Matt Taibbi assetborrowbusiness share on social
We may be many things, we Americans, but we always get the job done. Matt Taibbi americanjobthing Change image and share on social
I was a bit of a troubled kid growing up, let's put it that way. I didn't take pleasure in hard work. Matt Taibbi bitegrowhard Change image and share on social
It would be inaccurate to say the Tea Partiers are racists. What they are, in truth, are narcissists. Matt Taibbi inaccuratenarcissistpartiers Change image and share on social
'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit. Matt Taibbi bankfancygamble Change image and share on social
An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world. Matt Taibbi derivativeessentiallyhide Change image and share on social
Like wars, forest fires and bad marriages, really stupid laws are much easier to begin than they are to end. Matt Taibbi badbegineasy Change image and share on social
2008 was to the American economy what 9/11 was to national security. Yet while 9/11 prompted the U.S. government to tear up half the Constitution in the name of public safety, after 2008, authorities went in the other direction. Matt Taibbi americanauthorityconstitution share on social
Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game. Matt Taibbi apologybasicbeliever share on social
The NFL, sadly, has a fatal environmental problem: It kills its workers. Matt Taibbi environmentalfatalkill Change image and share on social
