TMBS ReAir: 58 - Ten Years Of Not Jailing Bankers ft. Matt Taibbi

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Michael Brooks

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🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

TMBS 58 aired on September 25th, 2018:

Michael stresses the importance of thinking about politics structurally and not getting carried away with idealist and moralistic criticisms. Shoutout to Norway for banning deforestation. Brazilian political scientist Alberto Almeida (@AlbertoCalmeida) calls in to talk to about the upcoming Brazilian elections. Matt Lech regulates Trump consultant Rick Wilson. Griscom breaks down the ongoing trade war with China. Matt Taibbi joins us in studio to talk about his new book The Fairway and what it is like a decade out of the financial crisis. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcast and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

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0:00.0	It falls on orthodox style of leadership, meant he was admired and feared in equal measure.
0:18.0	Dick took the floor like a statesman, and he proceeded to deliver this fearsome attack
0:24.0	on short sellers, the people who were depressing leave and share price by being short the stock.
0:32.0	And he, rather to everyone's surprise, mystification, he said,
0:38.0	if we get this right today, I hope it will squeeze some of those shorts and squeeze them hard.
0:48.0	Not that I want to hurt them.
0:54.0	Don't get that, please, because that's just not who I am.
0:58.0	I am soft, I'm lovable.
1:02.0	But what I really want to do is I want to reach in, rip out their heart and eat it before they die.
1:10.0	Dick Fould also had an insatiable appetite for profits.
1:16.0	Father Beans.
1:20.0	Welcome to the Michael Brooks show.
1:30.0	I'm Michael Brooks. We are broadcasting live from downtown Brooklyn, USA, where left is best as it is everywhere else with super producer Matt Leck.
1:38.0	Hello, chief economist David Griss.
1:42.0	How's it going?
1:44.0	Slavic is in the digital sphere in the ever growing, ever aggressive, ever expansive TMBS universe.
1:52.0	On this week's program, Alberto Maida, he is a Brazilian political scientist and poster.
1:58.0	He's going to break us down.
2:00.0	The latest numbers coming out of Brazil's presidential election.
2:04.0	Will a fascist fall? Will Lula orchestrate an election from prison?
2:10.0	Matt Taiibi then returns. He has a new book out.
2:14.0	It's being serialized. It's called The Fairway. It's an informal sequel to Chomsky and Herndtstein's manufacturing consent.
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