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Don't Get Fooled Again: Pulitzer Winner Warns of Wall Street's Dark Side
The Real Eisman Playbook Podcast ^ | July 7, 2025 | Steve Eisman

Posted on 07/09/2025 1:47:35 AM PDT by Texan4Life

In this episode of The Real Eisman Playbook, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gretchen Morgenson discusses her career in investigative journalism, focusing on the dark side of Wall Street, the AIG scandal, and the financial crisis. She highlights the role of private equity in modern finance and its impact on various industries, including healthcare. Morgenson emphasizes the importance of exposing corporate fraud and the need for accountability in the financial sector.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: finance; gretchen; morgenson
Amazing that Pension Plans trust/trusted Wall Street.
1 posted on 07/09/2025 1:47:35 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Texan4Life

Pension plans are wall st.


2 posted on 07/09/2025 2:43:43 AM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: Texan4Life

Whenever somebody writes “Pulitzer Prize-winning”, it is like saying they have foot fungus or something.


3 posted on 07/09/2025 2:57:41 AM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: Texan4Life

What is the relevance of this woman having a Pulitzer Prize? Was the intention to discredit her in the headline? It worked for me!


4 posted on 07/09/2025 5:53:03 AM PDT by Spok (Lies and stupidity require an explanation; the truth doesn’t.)
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To: Texan4Life

There is nothing wrong with private equity per se. It really started in the 1980s and was a huge part of the Reagan boom that lasted all the way into the 2000s. It created volatility but also fueled incredible growth. The country is better that we have it than if it never grew.


5 posted on 07/09/2025 5:53:23 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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