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Lobbyist, White House Lawyer, and Senate Aide on the Power of America’s Plutocracy to Avoid Prosecution and Subvert Financial Reform. Beginning in January 2009, THE PAYOFF lays bare Washington’s culture of power and plutocracy. It’s the story of the twenty-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, to stop stock manipulation by high-frequency traders, and to break up too-big-to-fail megabanks.
More information at JeffConnaughton.com
Bloomberg: Connaughton: So Much Time Is Spent on Reelection
New Economic Perspectives: The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Win
The Daily Beast: How the Government Failed to Fix Wall Street
Bloomberg Businessweek: A Washington Whistle-Blower Tells All
Wall Street Journal: ‘The Payoff’: Wall Street Wins, Again
Inc: The Payoff named one of the ‘Top 5 Business Books of 2012′
The New York Times: How to Read Like a Political Reporter
The New Yorker: Washington Man
Forbes: Jeff Connaughton’s “The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins” A Book Review
Rolling Stone: A Rare Look at Why The Government Won’t Fight Wall Street
The New Republic: The Man Who Took on the Wall Street Blob
Reuters: Weak U.S. legal oversight puts burden on compliance pros to protect their firms
The Huffington Post: One Man Against The Wall Street Lobby
Corporate Crime Reporter: Payoff in the Pit of Plutocracy
The New York Times: Why Does Wall Street Always Win
Business Insider: Here’s How Wall Street Finds Out Exactly What’s Going On In Congress All The Time
