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95 quotes by Matt Taibbi

Matthew C. "Matt" Taibbi (/taɪˈiːbi/; born March 2, 1970) is an American author and journalist. Taibbi has reported on politics, media, finance, as well as sports and has authored several books, including The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (2014), Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America (2010) and The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion...
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'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit.

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You know, I used to live in Russia where you had officers in the military opening up the warehouses at night and taking weapons out and putting them... →

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Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

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The individual incentive not to commit crime on Wall Street now is almost zero.

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Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the... →

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America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial.

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At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.

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Capitalism is a system for determining objective value.

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In the old days, when you took out a mortgage, it was probably through a local bank or a credit union, and whoever gave you your loan held on to it... →

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What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that office, they... →

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The national debt is totally unlike a family budget for about a gazillion reasons, not the least of which being that families cannot raise money by... →

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At least Bank of America got its name right. The ultimate Too Big to Fail bank really is America, a hypergluttonous ward of the state whose limitless... →

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In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing; you've always... →

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