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Video (Debut!) on Plutocrats & the Forbes Billionaire list

Video (Debut!) on Plutocrats & the Forbes Billionaire list

By The Banker | Audio Posts, Inequality, Video

I sat down yesterday for a conversation over coffee with Elaine Wolff, the Editor and Founder of Plaza de Armas, a smart, San Antonio-based news and commentary site. We covered the Forbes Billionaire list, my recent review of Chrystia Freeland’s Book Plutocrats, elite legitimacy, and the profitability of new media. The conversation starts at 59:40

Interview Part II: Frack Jobs - Plentiful but Rough

Interview Part II: Frack Jobs – Plentiful but Rough

By The Banker | Audio Posts, Texas

In this interview Bryant talks about the difficulty of employing oilfield workers, who often look for trouble. Bryant:           Hello, my name is Bryant, and I presently work for a company that develops and operates frac-sand silo terminals in the Eagle-Ford shale. Bryant and I spoke about his views working on the fracking world in an

Interview on BBC Radio: $1.5B UBS LIBOR Manipulation Penaty

Interview on BBC Radio: $1.5B UBS LIBOR Manipulation Penaty

By The Banker | Audio Posts, Wall Street

I’ve linked here to Bankers Anonymous’ Worldwide Radio Debut today with the BBC’s “World Have Your Say,” in the wake of UBS’ reported $1.5Billion penalty for fixing LIBOR rates between 2005 and 2010.     http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011x4l8 The Bankers Anonymous portion of the show starts at minute 40:20, and goes until the end. I talk about

Interview Part I: Fracking and Regrets

Interview Part I: Fracking and Regrets

By The Banker | Audio Posts, Texas

I had a conversation with a friend who ships trainloads of ‘frack-sand’ into the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas.  We talked about the Natural Gas Revolution, as well as the surprising and possibly regretful turn his life has taken, far from working in book publishing in Brooklyn.   Bryant:  Hello, my name is Bryant,