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Hold Companies, Executives and Government Officials Accountable

In this column, co-published with New York Times’ DealBook, Jesse Eisinger monitors the financial markets to hold companies, executives and government officials accountable for their actions.

92 stories published since 2010

No, the Banks Aren’t Losing

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Trouble With Disclosure: It Doesn't Work

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Rent to Own: Wall Street’s Latest Housing Trick

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Obama Stands At Crossroads On Financial Reform

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Wall Street Takeover of Charity

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Now What? Failed Allergan Deal Strains Valeant

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Real Roots of Hedge Fund Manager Rage

by Jesse Eisinger,

The Big Bank Backlash Begins

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Fed Hates To Burst Your Bubble

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Sorry State of Bank Apologies

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Mary Jo White was Supposed to Turn Around the S.E.C. She Hasn’t.

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Nice Little Agency You Got There

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Does Valeant’s Cost-Cutting Go Too Far?

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

BlackRock Doesn’t Need A Scarlet Letter

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Seeking Tough Justice, but Settling for Empty Promises

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Justice Department’s Foreign Aggression

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Valeant's Sugar Coating Helps its Acquisitions Go Down

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Buck Stops With Obama on Tepid Financial Reform

by Jesse Eisinger,

How the Case Against Bank of America CEO Fizzled

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Goldman, the Muppets and the Mystery of ‘Pretty Fishy & Dodgy’ Holdings

by Jesse Eisinger,

When Regulation Threatens, Bankers Predict Doom For Main Street

by Jesse Eisinger,

Lucky Man: CEO's Repeated Good Fortune in Timing Stock Sales

by Jesse Eisinger,

Maintaining Ethics in the Move From Regulator to Regulated

by Jesse Eisinger,

Investors Are Chastened. That’s A Good Thing.

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Problem Is Bigger Than Too Big to Fail

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Obama’s Mystery Man for Derivatives

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The One Mortgage Fix Washington Isn’t Talking About

by Jesse Eisinger,

Panic, Please.

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

SEC Wins Big Fine From JPMorgan but Execs Skate Free

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

A Double Espresso of Questions for Green Mountain

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Bank-Friendly Eighth Governor of the Fed

by Jesse Eisinger,

Finally, Bank Regulators Have Had Enough

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Congress Bungles Fannie and Freddie Reform

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Why the Shareholder Rescue Never Comes

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Fed’s Credibility Problem

by Jesse Eisinger,

Big Banks are Victims of Their Own Success

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Forever Blowing Bubbles

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Why Risk Managers Should Be Spymasters

by Jesse Eisinger,

Ixnay on ‘Say on Pay’

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Lesson of JPMorgan’s Whale Trade: Nothing Was Learned

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Bank of America’s Legal Gambit: Keeping Reserves Low

by Jesse Eisinger,

Friends in Low Places: Where The Real Lobbying Happens

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The .03% Solution

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Explosive Charge: Morgan Stanley Peddled Security Its Own Employee Called ‘Nuclear Holocaust’

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

The Latest Myth About the Government’s Mishandling of the Housing Market

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

From Bernie Madoff to Steven Cohen, Enabling Suspiciously High Returns

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

New Financial Overseer Looks for Advice in All the Wrong Places

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

No, Obama Isn’t About to Crack Down on Wall Street

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Mortgage Price-Gouging Courtesy of the Bailout

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Tax Moochers: Banks

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

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