“The 7.8 to 7.9 increase in the unemployment rate … is purely the result of more people looking for jobs. It’s actually a positive signal.” —Ben White watch video
“If we don’t get financial reform, the next time’s gonna be worse.” —Dennis Kelleher watch video
“There isn’t even a whiff of any of these people thinking for a moment that they would be caught or held accountable. The level of brazen lawlessness is actually a reflection of the fact that law is not applied to [...] watch video
“In the six months before a presidential election, there’s no such thing as a fair hearing in Washington, D.C.” —Dennis Kelleher watch video
“If you can’t put somebody in jail for manipulating an $800 trillion market, what can you put them in jail for?” —Matt Taibbi watch video
“Viewpoint” host Eliot Spitzer, Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone contributing editor, and Dennis Kelleher, president and CEO of Better Markets, analyze the Libor interest rate–rigging scandal engulfing the banking industry. watch video
“Let me give you an alternative statement the president could have made: ‘JPMorgan — led by Jamie Dimon — led all the banks trying to eviscerate, destroy and create the very loopholes that let them then risk $2 billion of [...] watch video
