William Cohan appears in the following:
How President Trump is Bigfooting Big Business
Monday, August 18, 2025
William Cohan, co-founder of Puck News and author of many books, including Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon (Penguin Random House, 2022) , talks about the many way...
Trump's Trade War and Wall Street
Friday, April 11, 2025
William Cohan, financial writer for Puck News and author of many books, including Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon (Penguin Random House, 2022), offers analysis of...
'Four Friends: Promising Lives Cut Short'
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
William Cohan discusses his book, Four Friends: Promising Lives Cut Short, a portrait of four men who died young, including John F. Kennedy, Jr. who died 20 years ago this week.
Will Wall Street Bankers Back a Trump Presidency?
Monday, April 04, 2016
William D. Cohan looks to see whether Wall Street bankers will put their money on Trump if he's the GOP nominee.
The CEOs Who Stayed On After The Financial Crisis
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Most of the CEOs who led Wall Street to the brink of collapse in 2008 got huge payouts as their firms went under, but others stayed at the helm.
Oil Companies Want to Sell Their Vast Fossil Fuel Reserves, Which Could Trigger A Climate Change Tipping Point
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Environmentalist contend that if the vast fossil-fuel reserves owned by big oil companies are sold and used up, the planet’s temperature could rise beyond its tipping point.
DOJ Reaches $13B Deal With JP Morgan
Monday, October 21, 2013
After weeks of tough negotiating over a settlement, it seems there is a done deal between the Department of Justice and the bank JP Morgan Chase—a record $13 billion deal. The settlem...
The Looming Crisis of the Fiscal Cliff
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
If Congress fails to pass a deficit reduction deal before 2013, automatic spending cuts and tax increases will go into effect on the first of the year sending the United States off th...
No Criminal Charges for Goldman Sachs
Friday, August 10, 2012
The Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs has faced intense scrutiny for its alleged involvement in the types of dodgy mortgage deals that led to the 2008 financial crisis. But after an exte...
Wall St. Boiling Point?
Friday, May 13, 2011
William Cohan, writer for the New York Times, Fortune, and Vanity Fair, former Wall Street banker, and author of the book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street, to talk about the state of popular anger with Wall St, and whether Goldman Sachs will suffer as a result.
Monopoly Redesign: High Finance Edition
Friday, April 22, 2011
We're assembling a top-notch team of advisers for our Monopoly redesign. This week Kurt Andersen called finance expert William Cohan to find out how to make the rules of the game mo...
Wall Street Post-Reform
Monday, July 19, 2010
William Cohan, contributing editor at Fortune and author of the book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street, discusses the implications of financial reform.
Bear Stearns Not Guilty
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers ended in acquittals. WNYC reporter Lisa Chow recaps the Bear Stearns trial and analyzes its impact. Then, William Cohan, contributing Fortune editor and author of House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall ...
The United States v. Cioffi & Tannin
Monday, October 26, 2009
William Cohan gives an update on the Bear Stearns trial and its implications for other possible prosecutions stemming from the financial meltdown.
A Year After the Economic Meltdown
Friday, September 18, 2009
William Cohan revisits the economic crisis, the bailout, and looks at where we are now, a year later.
Holding Wall Street Accountable
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
William Cohan, contributing editor at Fortune, former Wall Street banker, and the author of House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street reflects on the year since Lehman collapsed and talks about the difficulty of holding Wall Street accountable.
Week of the Collapse: Buying Merrill Lynch
Monday, September 14, 2009
Today, we look at the one year anniversary of the sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America.
The Final Days of Merrill Lynch
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
William D. Cohan on the end of Merrill Lynch.
A Stronger House of Cards?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
William Cohan, contributing editor at Fortune magazine and author of House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street, discusses the current state of the economy and what effect the new bank regulations will have.
From Bear Stearns to Bear Markets
Monday, May 25, 2009
Over the course of its 85 year history Bear Stearns became one of the financial giants on Wall Street. Then, in 2008 the company collapsed and took the rest of the financial system down with it. William Cohan chronicles the infighting, hubris, bad bets and terrible decisions that destroyed the ...
