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The only reason investors haven't run screaming from an obviously corrupt financial marketplace is because the government has gone to such extraordinary lengths to sell the narrative that the problems of 2008 have been fixed.
Matt Taibbi
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Matt Taibbi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 2
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Matthew C. Taibbi
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