An enterprising Journal fills gaps on investor protection March 7, 2014 By Ryan Chittum An outstanding investigation of FINRA, Wall Street’s self-regulator, continues
Overdrafted January 21, 2014 By Ryan Chittum A Wall Street Journal probe uncovers huge fees at banks near military bases
Fortune flacks for the ‘sharing economy’ December 10, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Airbnb astroturf group Peers gets a puff piece
Fast Company‘s daring 23andMe cover November 27, 2013 By Ryan Chittum An ill-timed story as Anne Wojcicki’s DNA testing outfit runs afoul of the FDA
Gillian Tett has a talk with Alan Greenspan October 30, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The ‘Maestro’ admits he didn’t understand derivatives he touted; calls for bank breakups
T-Mobile shows upside of M&A skepticism October 11, 2013 By Ryan Chittum After AT&T’s disastrous attempted acquisition, T-Mobile upends convention
WaPo eyes FDA access-peddling by academics October 7, 2013 By Ryan Chittum At $25,000 a pop, a chance for Big Pharma to influence how their drugs would be tested
Bill Clinton on deregulation: ‘The Republicans made me do it!’ October 1, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The ex-president seriously mischaracterizes his record
The Big Lie of the Post-Crisis September 27, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The WSJ editorial page says government, not Wall Street, "won" the aftermath
Goldman swings, misses, at NYT’s commodities exposé July 25, 2013 By Dean Starkman Bank and newspaper, at odds again
Tocqueville and regulation June 21, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Niall Ferguson pines for the laissez-faire days of a relatively primitive society
Poor coverage of Google’s Street View scandal settlement March 15, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Incomplete accounts make the story more favorable to Mountain View
Rubio and the Big Lie of the Crisis February 15, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The press fails to push back on the senator’s SOTU response whopper
Climate policy, act two January 23, 2013 By Curtis Brainard Reactions to Obama’s second inaugural overlook Skocpol report
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s hacking scandal, revolving door, Obama’s AMA August 30, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Two more arrests, including one for computer hacking
The WSJ Editorial Page and the Libor scandal July 17, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Blaming everybody but the bankers
Inflating the regulatory state July 2, 2012 By Ryan Chittum TSA and border security account for almost all the increase in regulatory staff since 1980
Audit Notes: Jamie’s juice, a new Glass Steagall, U-T San Diego June 13, 2012 By Ryan Chittum ProPublica documents JPMorgan Chase’s extensive ties to a docile Senate Banking Committee
Sorkin’s Glass-Steagall straw man May 25, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Of course its repeal contributed, directly and indirectly, to the financial crisis
Audit Notes: The Sovereign Risk Genie, Regulatory Complexity, Wal-Mart and Bank Fees November 11, 2011 By Ryan Chittum
Fannie’s Regulator Isn’t Playing Obama Team Ball September 2, 2011 By Ryan Chittum Suing the banks rather than protecting them
The Unimportance Lobby (UPDATED) June 13, 2011 By Ryan Chittum The NYT shows Big Finance pushing to avoid a “systematically important” designation