The one main benefit to the financial reform effort so far is that it helps further do away with the false paradigms of "left" or "right" and "Democrat" or "Republican" - fewer and fewer people are falling for those lies anymore. Try to get an ideological conservative to explain why ...
Open Mike
Blogger Profile: Dylan Ratigan
Dylan Ratigan hosts Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan weekdays from 9 -11AM ET on MSNBC and the Dylan Ratigan Show Sundays from 7-9PM ET on WABC Radio.
Ratigan was most recently anchor and co-creator of CNBC's Fast Money, co-anchor of CNBC's Closing Bell, and has also been a regular contributor to MSNBC's Morning Joe.
Prior to joining CNBC, Ratigan served as a Global Managing Editor at Bloomberg News until March 2003. He joined Bloomberg News in 1995 and was a driving force in building the organization, expanding half a dozen new print beats, including IPOs, derivatives and mergers and acquisitions and then helping to expand their television network by creating and hosting their first successful two-hour morning show. Ratigan spent his last two years there off-camera implementing and supervising Bloomberg's network of banking and finance coverage worldwide with more than 100 reporters in more than 50 countries.
Ratigan previously worked as a regular on-air contributor to ABC News and has published articles in newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald and the Chicago Tribune. He began his career at the Portsmouth Herald in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Ratigan holds a Bachelor of Arts in political economics from Union College.
Dylan Ratigan's Blogs
Judd Gregg and Ben Nelson: More Socialism Please
As we find our economy subsisting on massive government spending and no-strings-attached bailouts, borrowed, of course, from future generations, what solutions do the same leaders who got us into this mess offer? You already know the answer -- more government handouts.The latest gambit?Politicians like Judd Gregg and Ben Nelson are ...
The Speech: The Good, The Bad and The Missing
The Good: The president had strong language for backing real derivative reforms. The Bad: Vague language about the "Volcker rule" will not stop Too Big To Fail; but a plan like this (or even one like this) for breaking up the current mega-banks and limiting their liabilities will. The Missing: ...
This letter is a call to (electronic) arms on Patriots' Day. Mr. President, please show the American people the AIG emails. In the wake of the disclosures associated with Friday's government fraud accusations against Goldman, Sachs & Co., one of our nation's wealthiest, largest and most politically well-connected banks, it ...
The following includes questions and commentary for Goldman Sachs as the company defends itself against charges of fraud:Dear Lucas,Since I haven't been able to get you or anyone from Goldman Sachs to appear on my show in months, perhaps we can just try corresponding in writing. Thank you for your ...
As we sit here today, Wall Street continues to exploit a policy of government-sponsored giveaways and secrecy to pay themselves billions. Record-setting bonuses due to banks like Goldman Sachs as early next week. Yet instead of acting as our cop, Secretary Tim Geithner has become central to what may be ...
Veterans: Lip Service, Bankers: Billions & America: Foreclosures - Here’s The Fix
One thing about doing a two hour show that heavily covers both the financial crisis and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is that you notice on a daily basis the shocking juxtaposition between the lucky Wall Streeters and the unlucky soldiers. We all know at this point that our ...
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Open Mike
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February 3rd, 2012
Auction 2012: Greedy Bastards and Student Debt
Imagine a product so irresistible that most Americans thought they couldn't live without it. Every President talked of its importance, and it was perceived of ...
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January 10th, 2012
Auction 2012: Top 10 Reasons to Get Money Out
Tonight we see returns from the New Hampshire primary, the second contest in the Republican Presidential nomination. Most people think of this as an election, ...
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November 5th, 2011
Bought Justice and the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court looms over our political landscape like a giant, immovable object. Americans have traditionally respected the court's purview, believing that it serves justice, ...
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October 24th, 2011
How Did Our Oil Get Under Their Sand?
It's somewhat rare to hear a Senator tell the truth about American foreign policy, but we did get a glimpse of reality last week when ...
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October 20th, 2011
To Be With the 99%, President Obama Must Fire Tim Geithner
In my last piece, I talked about how Tim Geithner's job over the past five years has been to (a) print money, (b) give it ...
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October 16th, 2011
Constitutional Moments: The People's Voice
Today we face a crushing burden of foreclosures, dropping incomes, and a financial elite that has bought our government. The elite consensus is powerful enough ...
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October 3rd, 2011
Three years ago, I left my 15-year career as a financial professional, because I was disgusted and disturbed by the rampant evidence of corruption in ...
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May 26th, 2011
"By the end of my first term, we're going to make sure that everybody's got decent health care in this country. We can do that." ...
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June 16th, 2011
America for Sale: Is Goldman Sachs Buying Your City?
Introducing America for Sale, a new Huffington Post-Dylan Ratigan Show collaboration. In Chicago, it's the sale of parking meters to the sovereign wealth fund of ...
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October 20th, 2011
To Be With the 99%, President Obama Must Fire Tim Geithner
In my last piece, I talked about how Tim Geithner's job over the past five years has been to (a) print money, (b) give it ...
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September 29th, 2011
Building a Digital Wave to Get Money Out
Yesterday we announced the formation of a petition to get money out of our political system, and a draft amendment to the Constitution that will ...
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January 10th, 2012
Auction 2012: Top 10 Reasons to Get Money Out
Tonight we see returns from the New Hampshire primary, the second contest in the Republican Presidential nomination. Most people think of this as an election, ...
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September 23rd, 2011
Get Money Out: We the People, not the Politicians
Today, the America I see is more corrupt than I have ever seen in my entire life. I am ashamed of this country, angry, because ...
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November 5th, 2011
Bought Justice and the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court looms over our political landscape like a giant, immovable object. Americans have traditionally respected the court's purview, believing that it serves justice, ...
